Intel Pentium Gold G5400 vs AMD Ryzen 3 1200

Intel Pentium Gold G5400
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3700 MHz / Cores: 2 / Apr 2018
Intel Pentium Gold G5400
AMD Ryzen 3 1200
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3100 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2017
AMD Ryzen 3 1200

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Pentium Gold G5400
    117%
  • AMD Ryzen 3 1200
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium Gold G5400
    128%
  • AMD Ryzen 3 1200
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium Gold G5400
    106%
  • AMD Ryzen 3 1200
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium Gold G5400

Much higher single threaded performance (around 28% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
6% higher multi threaded performance.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 3 1200.
Around 17% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 3 1200

None

Intel Pentium Gold G5400

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Pentium Gold G5400

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

Intel Pentium Gold G5400AMD Ryzen 3 1200
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0
HT
3DNow!
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V

Architecture

Intel Pentium Gold G5400AMD Ryzen 3 1200
ArchitectureIntel_CoffelakevsAMD Zen
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameCoffee LakevsZen
Release DateApr 2018vsJun 2017

Cores

Intel Pentium Gold G5400AMD Ryzen 3 1200
Cores2vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 630vsNo

Cache

Intel Pentium Gold G5400AMD Ryzen 3 1200
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache6144 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Pentium Gold G5400AMD Ryzen 3 1200
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case Temp72°Cvsunknown
PackageFC-LGA1151vsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvs192mm²
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Pentium Gold G5400AMD Ryzen 3 1200
Cpu Frequency3700 MHzvs3100 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs3400 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP51 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium Gold G5400
    4440 points
  • AMD Ryzen 3 1200
    3740 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium Gold G5400
    10656 points
  • AMD Ryzen 3 1200
    13640 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium Gold G5400 (simulated)
    159.02
  • AMD Ryzen 3 1200
    124

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium Gold G5400 (simulated)
    470.67
  • AMD Ryzen 3 1200
    442

points - higher is better