Athlon X4 845 vs Pentium Gold G6500
Aggregate performance score
Pentium Gold G6500 outperforms Athlon X4 845 by a small 9% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Pentium Gold G6500 and Athlon X4 845 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1715 | 1773 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Desktop processor |
| Power efficiency | 4.26 | 3.48 |
| Architecture codename | Comet Lake (2020) | Carrizo (2015−2018) |
| Release date | 30 April 2020 (4 years ago) | 2 February 2016 (8 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Pentium Gold G6500 and Athlon X4 845 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 | 4.1 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.1 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| Bus rate | 8 GT/s | no data |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 320K |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | no data |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Die size | no data | 250 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 72 °C | 74 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 3,100 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
| Unlocked multiplier | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium Gold G6500 and Athlon X4 845 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 | FM2+ |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 58 Watt | 65 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold G6500 and Athlon X4 845. 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 | - | + |
| 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
Pentium Gold G6500 and Athlon X4 845 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
| Secure Key | + | no data |
| Identity Protection | + | - |
| SGX | Yes with Intel® ME | no data |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold G6500 and Athlon X4 845 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 Pentium Gold G6500 and Athlon X4 845. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2666 | DDR3-2133 |
| Maximum memory size | 128 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 41.6 GB/s | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel UHD Graphics 630 | no data |
| Max video memory | 64 GB | no data |
| Quick Sync Video | + | - |
| Clear Video | + | no data |
| Clear Video HD | + | no data |
| Graphics max frequency | 1.1 GHz | no data |
| InTru 3D | + | no data |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold G6500 and Athlon X4 845 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 3 | no data |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold G6500 and Athlon X4 845 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 G6500 and Athlon X4 845 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | 12 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold G6500 and Athlon X4 845.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | 8 |
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.61 | 2.39 |
| Recency | 30 April 2020 | 2 February 2016 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 58 Watt | 65 Watt |
Pentium Gold G6500 has a 9.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 12.1% lower power consumption.
Athlon X4 845, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Pentium Gold G6500 and Athlon X4 845.
Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Gold G6500 and Athlon X4 845, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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