Intel Pentium Gold G6400 vs AMD A10-9700

Intel Pentium Gold G6400
Intel Socket 1200DESKTOP
4000 MHz / Cores: 2 / Apr 2020
Intel Pentium Gold G6400
AMD A10-9700
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
AMD A10-9700

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Pentium Gold G6400
    276%
  • AMD A10-9700
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium Gold G6400
    276%
  • AMD A10-9700
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium Gold G6400

Much higher single threaded performance (around 176% 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 176% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD A10-9700

None

Intel Pentium Gold G6400

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Pentium Gold G6400

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Pentium Gold G6400

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Pentium Gold G6400

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Pentium Gold G6400AMD A10-9700
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

Architecture

Intel Pentium Gold G6400AMD A10-9700
ArchitectureIntel_CometlakevsAMD Excavator
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-2666 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4
CodenameComet LakevsBristol Ridge
Release DateApr 2020vsSep 2016

Cores

Intel Pentium Gold G6400AMD A10-9700
Cores2vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 610vsRadeon R7

Cache

Intel Pentium Gold G6400AMD A10-9700
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256K (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache4MB (shared)vs0 KB

Physical

Intel Pentium Gold G6400AMD A10-9700
SocketIntel Socket 1200vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case Temp72°Cvsunknown
PackageFC-LGA1200vsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Pentium Gold G6400AMD A10-9700
Cpu Frequency4000 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs3800 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsunknown
TDP58 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium Gold G6400
    4800 points
  • AMD A10-9700
    2622 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium Gold G6400
    11520 points
  • AMD A10-9700
    8404 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium Gold G6400 (simulated)
    222.5
  • AMD A10-9700 (simulated)
    80.52

points - higher is better