Intel Pentium Gold G6600 vs AMD Ryzen 3 1300

Intel Pentium Gold G6600
Intel Socket 1200DESKTOP
4200 MHz / Cores: 2 / Apr 2020
Intel Pentium Gold G6600
AMD Ryzen 3 1300
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2017
AMD Ryzen 3 1300

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Pentium Gold G6600
    176%
  • AMD Ryzen 3 1300
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium Gold G6600
    176%
  • AMD Ryzen 3 1300
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium Gold G6600

Much higher single threaded performance (around 76% 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).
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 3 1300.
Around 76% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 3 1300

None

Intel Pentium Gold G6600

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Pentium Gold G6600

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

Intel Pentium Gold G6600AMD Ryzen 3 1300
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 G6600AMD Ryzen 3 1300
ArchitectureIntel_CometlakevsAMD Zen
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-2666 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4
CodenameComet LakevsZen
Release DateApr 2020vsJun 2017

Cores

Intel Pentium Gold G6600AMD Ryzen 3 1300
Cores2vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 630vsNo

Cache

Intel Pentium Gold G6600AMD Ryzen 3 1300
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256K (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache4MB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Pentium Gold G6600AMD Ryzen 3 1300
SocketIntel Socket 1200vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case Temp72°Cvsunknown
PackageFC-LGA1200vsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvs192mm²
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Pentium Gold G6600AMD Ryzen 3 1300
Cpu Frequency4200 MHzvs3200 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs3500 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsunknown
TDP58 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium Gold G6600
    5040 points
  • AMD Ryzen 3 1300
    3850 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium Gold G6600
    12096 points
  • AMD Ryzen 3 1300
    14080 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium Gold G6600 (simulated)
    233.63
  • AMD Ryzen 3 1300 (simulated)
    132.43

points - higher is better