AMD Athlon X4 880K vs Intel Pentium Gold G5600

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Combined performance score

Pentium Gold G5600
2.50
+5%

Pentium Gold G5600 outperforms Athlon X4 880K by 5% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Pentium Gold G5600 and Athlon X4 880K processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking16241655
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money3.50no data
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Pentium Goldno data
Architecture codenameCoffee Lake (2017−2019)Godaveri (2014−2018)
Release date2 April 2018 (5 years old)December 2015 (8 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$93no data
Current price$193 (2.1x MSRP)$160
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Technical specs

Pentium Gold G5600 and Athlon X4 880K 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 cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed3.9 GHz4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz4.2 GHz
Bus support4 × 8 GT/sno data
L1 cache64K (per core)256K
L2 cache256K (per core)4 MB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography14 nm28 nm
Die size126 mm2245 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °C72 °C
Number of transistorsno data2,411 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold G5600 and Athlon X4 880K 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
SocketFCLGA1151FM2+
Power consumption (TDP)54 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold G5600 and Athlon X4 880K. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI++
FMAno data+
AVXno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+no data
SIPP-no data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Pentium Gold G5600 and Athlon X4 880K technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
MPX+no data
Identity Protection+no data
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold G5600 and Athlon X4 880K are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold G5600 and Athlon X4 880K. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR3-2133
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 630no data
Max video memory64 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+no data
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHzno data
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold G5600 and Athlon X4 880K integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold G5600 and Athlon X4 880K integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold G5600 and Athlon X4 880K integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold G5600 and Athlon X4 880K.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1616

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.

Pentium Gold G5600 2.50
+5%
Athlon X4 880K 2.38

Pentium Gold G5600 outperforms Athlon X4 880K by 5% in our combined 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%

Pentium Gold G5600 3843
+5%
Athlon X4 880K 3659

Pentium Gold G5600 outperforms Athlon X4 880K by 5% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 2.50 2.38
Physical cores 2 4
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 54 Watt 95 Watt

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