Athlon 5350 vs Pentium Gold G6400

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold G6400 and Athlon 5350 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1631	2287
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.16	0.06
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Comet Lake (2020)	Kabini (2013−2014)
Release date	30 April 2020 (4 years ago)	9 April 2014 (10 years ago)
Current price	$393	$169

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Pentium Gold G6400 has 5167% better value for money than Athlon 5350.

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold G6400 and Athlon 5350 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	4 GHz	2.05 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	2.05 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	256K (per core)	2048 KB
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Die size	no data	107 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	76 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	72 °C	90 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold G6400 and Athlon 5350 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	1
Socket	FCLGA1200	AM1
Power consumption (TDP)	58 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold G6400 and Athlon 5350. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	no data	FMA4
AVX	+	+
PowerTune	no data	-
TrueAudio	no data	-
PowerNow	no data	+
PowerGating	no data	+
Out-of-band client management	no data	-
VirusProtect	no data	+
RAID	no 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
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Status	Launched	no data

Security technologies

Pentium Gold G6400 and Athlon 5350 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	no data
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold G6400 and Athlon 5350 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold G6400 and Athlon 5350. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR3-1600
Maximum memory size	128 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	41.6 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel UHD Graphics 610	AMD Radeon R3 Graphics
Number of pipelines	no data	128
Max video memory	64 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	no data
Clear Video	+	no data
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Enduro	no data	+
Switchable graphics	no data	1
UVD	no data	+
VCE	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	1.05 GHz	no data
InTru 3D	+	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold G6400 and Athlon 5350 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	no data
DisplayPort	no data	+
HDMI	no data	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold G6400 and Athlon 5350 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	+	no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096x2160@30Hz	no data
Max resolution over eDP	4096x2304@60Hz	no data
Max resolution over DisplayPort	4096x2304@60Hz	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold G6400 and Athlon 5350 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	DirectX® 12
OpenGL	4.5	no data
Vulkan	no data	1

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold G6400 and Athlon 5350.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	16	4

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.

Pentium Gold G6400 outperforms Athlon 5350 by 132% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	2.67	1.15
Recency	30 April 2020	9 April 2014
Physical cores	2	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	58 Watt	25 Watt

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