Pentium Gold G6500T vs A4-5300

Place in performance ranking	2499	1710
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	AMD A-Series (Desktop)	no data
Architecture codename	Trinity (2012−2013)	no data
Release date	26 September 2012 (11 years ago)	1 April 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A4-5300 and Pentium Gold G6500T 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	no data
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	3.4 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	no data
L1 cache	160 KB	no data
L2 cache	1 MB	no data
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	no data
Die size	246 mm²	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	70 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,178 million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on A4-5300 and Pentium Gold G6500T 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	FM2	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-5300 and Pentium Gold G6500T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, XOP, FMA3, FMA4	no data
AES-NI	+	no data
FMA	+	no data
AVX	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-5300 and Pentium Gold G6500T are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-5300 and Pentium Gold G6500T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	41.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon HD 7480D

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A4-5300 and Pentium Gold G6500T.

PCI Express lanes

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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.

A4-5300 0.88

Pentium Gold G6500T 2.50
+184%

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.

A4-5300 1367

Pentium Gold G6500T 3874
+183%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.88	2.50
Recency	26 September 2012	1 April 2020
Threads	2	4
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt

Pentium Gold G6500T has a 184.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, 100% more threads, and 85.7% lower power consumption.

The Pentium Gold G6500T is our recommended choice as it beats the A4-5300 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between A4-5300 and Pentium Gold G6500T, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.