Intel Pentium Gold G6500 vs AMD Ryzen 7 2700U

Intel Pentium Gold G6500
Intel Socket 1200DESKTOP
4100 MHz / Cores: 2 / Apr 2020
Intel Pentium Gold G6500
AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
AMD Socket FP5MOBILE
2200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Oct 2017
AMD Ryzen 7 2700U

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Pentium Gold G6500
    162%
  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium Gold G6500
    162%
  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium Gold G6500

Much higher single threaded performance (around 62% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 62% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 2700U

43 watts lower power draw.

Intel Pentium Gold G6500

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Pentium Gold G6500

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

Intel Pentium Gold G6500AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
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
ABM
ADX
RdRand
3DNow!
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SMT

Architecture

Intel Pentium Gold G6500AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
ArchitectureIntel_CometlakevsAMD Zen
MarketDesktopvsMobile
Memory SupportDDR4-2666 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4
CodenameComet LakevsRaven Ridge
Release DateApr 2020vsOct 2017

Cores

Intel Pentium Gold G6500AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
Cores2vs4
Threads4vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 630vsRadeon Vega 10

Cache

Intel Pentium Gold G6500AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256K (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache4MB (shared)vs4096 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Pentium Gold G6500AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
SocketIntel Socket 1200vsAMD Socket FP5
Max Case Temp72°Cvsunknown
PackageFC-LGA1200vsFP5
Die Sizeunknownvs210mm²
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Pentium Gold G6500AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
Cpu Frequency4100 MHzvs2200 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs3800 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsunknown
TDP58 Wvs15 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium Gold G6500
    4920 points
  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
    4180 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium Gold G6500
    11808 points
  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
    11809 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium Gold G6500 (simulated)
    228.06
  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
    140

points - higher is better