A8-6500T vs Pentium Gold G5400T

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold G5400T and A8-6500T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1870	2264
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	10.01	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Pentium Gold	no data
Architecture codename	Coffee Lake (2017−2019)	Richland (2013−2014)
Release date	2 April 2018 (6 years ago)	16 September 2013 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$64	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold G5400T and A8-6500T 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	3.1 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.1 GHz	3.1 GHz
Bus support	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	192K
L2 cache	512 KB	4 MB
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Die size	126 mm2	246 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	72 °C	71 °C
Number of transistors	no data	1,303 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold G5400T and A8-6500T 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 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	1151	FM2
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold G5400T and A8-6500T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
FMA	no data	+
AVX	no data	+
PowerNow	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold G5400T and A8-6500T are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold G5400T and A8-6500T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR3-1866
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel UHD Graphics 610

Radeon HD 8550D

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold G5400T and A8-6500T.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	16	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.

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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.

Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	2.04	1.25
Recency	2 April 2018	16 September 2013
Physical cores	2	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	45 Watt

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