Pentium Gold G6505 vs FX-6130

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Aggregated performance score

FX-6130
2012
6 cores / 6 threads
2.84
Pentium Gold G6505
2021
2 cores / 4 threads
2.85
+0.4%

General info

Comparing FX-6130 and Pentium Gold G6505 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking15681566
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Architecture codenameZambezi (2011−2012)Comet Lake-R (2021)
Release date23 October 2012 (11 years old)16 March 2021 (3 years old)

Technical specs

FX-6130 and Pentium Gold G6505 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads64
Base clock speed3.6 GHz4.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz4.2 GHz
L1 cache288 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache6 MB256K (per core)
L3 cache8 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size315 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors1,200 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Compatibility

Information on FX-6130 and Pentium Gold G6505 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
SocketAM3+FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt58 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-6130 and Pentium Gold G6505. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
FMA+no data
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSXno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
SIPPno data-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Statusno dataLaunched

Security technologies

FX-6130 and Pentium Gold G6505 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protectionno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FX-6130 and Pentium Gold G6505 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-6130 and Pentium Gold G6505. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-2666
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data41.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics 630
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Videono data+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.1 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of FX-6130 and Pentium Gold G6505 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by FX-6130 and Pentium Gold G6505 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by FX-6130 and Pentium Gold G6505 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-6130 and Pentium Gold G6505.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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.

FX-6130 2.84
Pentium Gold G6505 2.85
+0.4%

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%

FX-6130 4353
Pentium Gold G6505 4371
+0.4%

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 2.84 2.85
Recency 23 October 2012 16 March 2021
Physical cores 6 2
Threads 6 4
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 58 Watt

We couldn't decide between FX-6130 and Pentium Gold G6505. The differences in performance seem too small.


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