Pentium Gold G6400 vs Opteron 4334
Aggregate performance score
Pentium Gold G6400 outperforms Opteron 4334 by a minimal 4% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1975 | 1947 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Desktop processor |
| Power efficiency | 1.00 | 1.70 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Seoul (2012) | Comet Lake (2020−2025) |
| Release date | 4 December 2012 (12 years ago) | 30 April 2020 (5 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Opteron 4334 and Pentium Gold G6400 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 | 6 (Hexa-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 6 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 3.1 GHz | 4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 4 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 8 GT/s |
| L1 cache | 288 KB | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 6144 KB | 256K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 8192 KB (shared) | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 315 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 100 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 72 °C |
| Number of transistors | 1,200 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Opteron 4334 and Pentium Gold G6400 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 | 2 | 1 |
| Socket | C32 | FCLGA1200 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 58 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 4334 and Pentium Gold G6400. 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 | + | - |
| AVX | + | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
Security technologies
Opteron 4334 and Pentium Gold G6400 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
| Identity Protection | - | + |
| SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® ME |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Opteron 4334 and Pentium Gold G6400 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Opteron 4334 and Pentium Gold G6400. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4-2666 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 128 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 41.6 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | Intel UHD Graphics 610 |
| Max video memory | no data | 64 GB |
| Quick Sync Video | - | + |
| Clear Video | no data | + |
| Clear Video HD | no data | + |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 1.05 GHz |
| InTru 3D | no data | + |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Opteron 4334 and Pentium Gold G6400 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 3 |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Opteron 4334 and Pentium Gold G6400 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| 4K resolution support | no data | + |
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | no data | 4096x2160@30Hz |
| Max resolution over eDP | no data | 4096x2304@60Hz |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | no data | 4096x2304@60Hz |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Opteron 4334 and Pentium Gold G6400 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | no data | 12 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.5 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Opteron 4334 and Pentium Gold G6400.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 16 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.25 | 2.34 |
| Recency | 4 December 2012 | 30 April 2020 |
| Physical cores | 6 | 2 |
| Threads | 6 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 58 Watt |
Opteron 4334 has 200% more physical cores and 50% more threads.
Pentium Gold G6400, on the other hand, has a 4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 63.8% lower power consumption.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between AMD Opteron 4334 and Intel Pentium Gold G6400.
Be aware that Opteron 4334 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium Gold G6400 is a desktop one.
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