Pentium G2030 vs Athlon 5350
Aggregated performance score
Athlon 5350 outperforms Pentium G2030 by 2% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
General info
Comparing Athlon 5350 and Pentium G2030 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 2242 | 2256 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Value for money | 0.09 | 3.91 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Desktop processor |
| Architecture codename | Kabini (2013−2014) | no data |
| Release date | 9 April 2014 (10 years old) | 1 April 2013 (11 years old) |
| Current price | $120 | $82 |
Value for money
Performance per price, higher is better.
Pentium G2030 has 4244% better value for money than Athlon 5350.
Technical specs
Athlon 5350 and Pentium G2030 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 2.05 GHz | 3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.05 GHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 2048 KB | no data |
| L3 cache | no data | 3 MB Intel® Smart Cache |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 22 nm |
| Die size | 107 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 76 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 90 °C | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon 5350 and Pentium G2030 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 | AM1 | FCLGA1155 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 55 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 5350 and Pentium G2030. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| FMA | FMA4 | no data |
| AVX | + | no data |
| PowerTune | - | no data |
| TrueAudio | - | no data |
| PowerNow | + | no data |
| PowerGating | + | no data |
| Out-of-band client management | - | no data |
| VirusProtect | + | no data |
| RAID | - | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| My WiFi | no data | - |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | - |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | no data | + |
| Status | no data | Discontinued |
Security technologies
Athlon 5350 and Pentium G2030 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | - |
| EDB | no data | + |
| Secure Key | no data | - |
| Anti-Theft | no data | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 5350 and Pentium G2030 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | no data |
| VT-d | no data | - |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
| IOMMU 2.0 | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 5350 and Pentium G2030. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3-1600 | DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 32 GB |
| Max memory channels | 1 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 21 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | no data | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon R3 Graphics | Intel® HD Graphics for 3rd Generation Intel® Processors |
| Number of pipelines | 128 | no data |
| Enduro | + | no data |
| Switchable graphics | 1 | no data |
| UVD | + | no data |
| VCE | + | no data |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 1.05 GHz |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Athlon 5350 and Pentium G2030 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 3 |
| DisplayPort | + | no data |
| HDMI | + | no data |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Athlon 5350 and Pentium G2030 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | DirectX® 12 | no data |
| Vulkan | 1 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 5350 and Pentium G2030.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 4 | no data |
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.
Athlon 5350 outperforms Pentium G2030 by 2% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
Athlon 5350 outperforms Pentium G2030 by 2% in Passmark.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
Benchmark coverage: 42%
Pentium G2030 outperforms Athlon 5350 by 114% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Benchmark coverage: 42%
Pentium G2030 outperforms Athlon 5350 by 20% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.
Advantages and disadvantages
| Performance score | 1.15 | 1.13 |
| Recency | 9 April 2014 | 1 April 2013 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 22 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 55 Watt |
We couldn't decide between Athlon 5350 and Pentium G2030. The differences in performance seem too small.
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