AMD FX-6330 vs Intel Pentium G4520

AMD FX-6330
AMD Socket AM3+DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 6 / Dec 2015
AMD FX-6330
Intel Pentium G4520
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2015
Intel Pentium G4520

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD FX-6330
    100%
  • Intel Pentium G4520
    111%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD FX-6330
    100%
  • Intel Pentium G4520
    153%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD FX-6330
    144%
  • Intel Pentium G4520
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD FX-6330

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 44% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium G4520

Much higher single threaded performance (around 53% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
74 watts lower power draw.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD FX-6330.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


AMD FX-6330

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD FX-6330

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD FX-6330Intel Pentium G4520
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4a
AMD64
AMD-V
AES
AVX
CLMUL
CVT16
EVP
FMA4
XOP
Turbo Core
HT3.1
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
AES-NI
TSX
FMA3

Architecture

AMD FX-6330Intel Pentium G4520
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3, DDR4
CodenameVisheravsSkylake
Release DateDec 2015vsSep 2015

Cores

AMD FX-6330Intel Pentium G4520
Cores6vs2
Threads6vs2
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 530

Cache

AMD FX-6330Intel Pentium G4520
L1 Cache288 KBvs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache6144 KBvs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs4096 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD FX-6330Intel Pentium G4520
SocketAMD Socket AM3+vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Tempunknownvs65°C
PackageFC-PGAvs
Die Size315mm²vs150mm²
Process32 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD FX-6330Intel Pentium G4520
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3600 MHz
Turbo Clock4200 MHzvsnone
Base Clock200 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.4 Vvsunknown
TDP125 Wvs51 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-6330
    2562 points
  • Intel Pentium G4520
    4140 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD FX-6330
    10804 points
  • Intel Pentium G4520
    8280 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD FX-6330 (simulated)
    99.63
  • Intel Pentium G4520 (simulated)
    153

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD FX-6330 (simulated)
    428.91
  • Intel Pentium G4520 (simulated)
    297.82

points - higher is better