Pentium Gold G6600 vs Ryzen Embedded R1606G

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen Embedded R1606G
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 25 Watt
2.60
Pentium Gold G6600
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 58 Watt
2.69
+3.5%

Pentium Gold G6600 outperforms Ryzen Embedded R1606G by a minimal 3% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen Embedded R1606G and Pentium Gold G6600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking17321714
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen Embeddedno data
Power efficiency9.844.39
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)Comet Lake (2020)
Release date25 February 2020 (4 years ago)30 April 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen Embedded R1606G and Pentium Gold G6600 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed2.6 GHz4.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz4.2 GHz
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
Multiplier26no data
L1 cache96K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size209.8 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors4,950 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen Embedded R1606G and Pentium Gold G6600 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
SocketFP5FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt58 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen Embedded R1606G and Pentium Gold G6600. 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++
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-
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

Ryzen Embedded R1606G and Pentium Gold G6600 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 Embedded R1606G and Pentium Gold G6600 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 Embedded R1606G and Pentium Gold G6600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size32 GB128 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/s41.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1200 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 630
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.1 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen Embedded R1606G and Pentium Gold G6600 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen Embedded R1606G and Pentium Gold G6600 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen Embedded R1606G and Pentium Gold G6600 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen Embedded R1606G and Pentium Gold G6600.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes816

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 Embedded R1606G 2.60
Pentium Gold G6600 2.69
+3.5%

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 Embedded R1606G 4135
Pentium Gold G6600 4273
+3.3%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.60 2.69
Integrated graphics card 2.98 3.09
Recency 25 February 2020 30 April 2020
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 58 Watt

Ryzen Embedded R1606G has 132% lower power consumption.

Pentium Gold G6600, on the other hand, has a 3.5% higher aggregate performance score, 3.7% faster integrated GPU, and an age advantage of 2 months.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Ryzen Embedded R1606G and Pentium Gold G6600.

Be aware that Ryzen Embedded R1606G is a notebook processor while Pentium Gold G6600 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen Embedded R1606G and Pentium Gold G6600, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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