Pentium Gold G6400 vs Ryzen 7 1800X

Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 1800X
2017
8 cores / 16 threads, 95 Watt
10.69
+297%

Ryzen 7 1800X outperforms Pentium Gold G6400 by a whopping 297% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 1800X and Pentium Gold G6400 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking7481714
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.33no data
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7no data
Power efficiency10.264.23
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)Comet Lake (2020)
Release date22 February 2017 (7 years ago)30 April 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 1800X and Pentium Gold G6400 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads164
Base clock speed3.6 GHz4 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz4 GHz
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s8 GT/s
Multiplier36no data
L1 cache768 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache4096 KB256K (per core)
L3 cache16384 KB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size213 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors4800 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 1800X and Pentium Gold G6400 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)95 Watt58 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 1800X and Pentium Gold G6400. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
FMAFMA3-
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-
XFR+-
SenseMI+-

Security technologies

Ryzen 7 1800X and Pentium Gold G6400 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 7 1800X and Pentium Gold G6400 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 7 1800X and Pentium Gold G6400. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size64 GB128 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/s41.6 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

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 7 1800X and Pentium Gold G6400 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported-3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 7 1800X and Pentium Gold G6400 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 7 1800X and Pentium Gold G6400 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX-12
OpenGL-4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 1800X and Pentium Gold G6400.

PCIe versionn/a3.0
PCI Express lanes2016

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 7 1800X 10.69
+297%
Pentium Gold G6400 2.69

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 7 1800X 16354
+297%
Pentium Gold G6400 4123

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 7 1800X 1138
+42.1%
Pentium Gold G6400 801

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 7 1800X 5664
+242%
Pentium Gold G6400 1654

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.69 2.69
Recency 22 February 2017 30 April 2020
Physical cores 8 2
Threads 16 4
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 58 Watt

Ryzen 7 1800X has a 297.4% higher aggregate performance score, and 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

Pentium Gold G6400, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and 63.8% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 7 1800X is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold G6400 in performance tests.


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