Pentium Gold G5600 vs A10-9700

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Aggregate performance score

A10-9700
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 65 Watt
2.23
Pentium Gold G5600
2018
2 cores / 4 threads, 54 Watt
2.43
+9%

Pentium Gold G5600 outperforms A10-9700 by a small 9% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A10-9700 and Pentium Gold G5600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking18361777
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.643.05
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataIntel Pentium Gold
Power efficiency3.244.51
Architecture codenameBristol Ridge (2016−2019)Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date27 July 2017 (7 years ago)2 April 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$90$93

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

A10-9700 has 19% better value for money than Pentium Gold G5600.

Detailed specifications

A10-9700 and Pentium Gold G5600 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed3.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz3.9 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data39
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache2048 KB256K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm14 nm
Die size250 mm2126 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °C72 °C
Number of transistors3,100 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on A10-9700 and Pentium Gold G5600 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM4FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt54 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A10-9700 and Pentium Gold G5600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX+-
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
PowerTune+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
VirusProtect+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+

Security technologies

A10-9700 and Pentium Gold G5600 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A10-9700 and Pentium Gold G5600 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A10-9700 and Pentium Gold G5600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR4-2400
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
AMD Radeon R7 GraphicsIntel UHD Graphics 630
iGPU core count6no data
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Enduro+-
UVD+-
VCE+-
Graphics max frequencyno data1.1 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A10-9700 and Pentium Gold G5600 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by A10-9700 and Pentium Gold G5600 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A10-9700 and Pentium Gold G5600 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 1212
OpenGLno data4.5
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A10-9700 and Pentium Gold G5600.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes816

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A10-9700 2.23
Pentium Gold G5600 2.43
+9%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

A10-9700 3547
Pentium Gold G5600 3853
+8.6%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.23 2.43
Recency 27 July 2017 2 April 2018
Physical cores 4 2
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 54 Watt

A10-9700 has 100% more physical cores.

Pentium Gold G5600, on the other hand, has a 9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 months, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 20.4% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between A10-9700 and Pentium Gold G5600.


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