Athlon 5150 vs Pentium Gold G6400

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Gold G6400
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 58 Watt
2.60
+199%
Athlon 5150
2014
4 cores / 4 threads, 25 Watt
0.87

Pentium Gold G6400 outperforms Athlon 5150 by a whopping 199% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold G6400 and Athlon 5150 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking17362565
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiency4.243.29
Architecture codenameComet Lake (2020)Kabini (2013−2014)
Release date30 April 2020 (4 years ago)9 April 2014 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold G6400 and Athlon 5150 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 speed4 GHzno data
Boost clock speed4 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus rate8 GT/sno data
L1 cache64K (per core)256 KB
L2 cache256K (per core)2048 KB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography14 nm28 nm
Die sizeno data107 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C76 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °C90 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold G6400 and Athlon 5150 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
SocketFCLGA1200AM1
Power consumption (TDP)58 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold G6400 and Athlon 5150. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI++
FMA-FMA4
AVX++
PowerNow-+
PowerGating-+
VirusProtect-+
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

Pentium Gold G6400 and Athlon 5150 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold G6400 and Athlon 5150 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data
IOMMU 2.0-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold G6400 and Athlon 5150. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR3-1600
Maximum memory size128 GBno data
Max memory channels21
Maximum memory bandwidth41.6 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD Graphics 610AMD Radeon R3 Graphics
จำนวนพาธไลน์no data128
Max video memory64 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Enduro-+
Switchable graphics-+
UVD-+
VCE-+
Graphics max frequency1.05 GHzno data
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold G6400 and Athlon 5150 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold G6400 and Athlon 5150 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2160@30Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold G6400 and Athlon 5150 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12DirectX® 12
OpenGL4.5no data
Vulkan-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold G6400 and Athlon 5150.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes164

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 G6400 2.60
+199%
Athlon 5150 0.87

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.

Pentium Gold G6400 4123
+197%
Athlon 5150 1388

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.

Pentium Gold G6400 799
+362%
Athlon 5150 173

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.

Pentium Gold G6400 1653
+247%
Athlon 5150 476

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.60 0.87
Recency 30 April 2020 9 April 2014
Physical cores 2 4
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 58 Watt 25 Watt

Pentium Gold G6400 has a 198.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

Athlon 5150, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores, and 132% lower power consumption.

The Pentium Gold G6400 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon 5150 in performance tests.


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