Pentium Gold G6400T vs Ryzen 5 3600

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 3600
2019
6 cores / 12 threads, 65 Watt
11.48
+401%

Ryzen 5 3600 outperforms Pentium Gold G6400T by a whopping 401% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3600 and Pentium Gold G6400T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking6741800
Place by popularity11not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation25.37no data
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5no data
Architecture codenameMatisse (2019−2020)no data
Release date7 July 2019 (5 years ago)1 April 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3600 and Pentium Gold G6400T 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)no data
Threads124
Base clock speed3.6 GHz3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHzno data
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
L1 cache384 KBno data
L2 cache3 MBno data
L3 cache32 MB (shared)4 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors4,800 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3600 and Pentium Gold G6400T 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketAM4FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3600 and Pentium Gold G6400T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Statusno dataLaunched
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 3600 and Pentium Gold G6400T technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3600 and Pentium Gold G6400T are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3600 and Pentium Gold G6400T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4-2666
Maximum memory size128 GB128 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/s41.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-Intel UHD Graphics 610
Max video memory-64 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video-+
Clear Video HD-+
Graphics max frequency-1.05 GHz
InTru 3D-+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 3600 and Pentium Gold G6400T integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported-3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 5 3600 and Pentium Gold G6400T integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support-+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4-4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDP-4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort-4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 5 3600 and Pentium Gold G6400T integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX-12
OpenGL-4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3600 and Pentium Gold G6400T.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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.

Ryzen 5 3600 11.48
+401%
Pentium Gold G6400T 2.29

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.

Ryzen 5 3600 17750
+401%
Pentium Gold G6400T 3541

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.

Ryzen 5 3600 1614
+129%
Pentium Gold G6400T 706

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.

Ryzen 5 3600 6914
+398%
Pentium Gold G6400T 1389

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 11.48 2.29
Recency 7 July 2019 1 April 2020
Threads 12 4
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt

Ryzen 5 3600 has a 401.3% higher aggregate performance score, 200% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium Gold G6400T, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 months, and 85.7% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 3600 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold G6400T in performance tests.


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