Intel Pentium Gold G6400
VS
AMD A8-5600K
Intel Pentium Gold G6400
VS
AMD A8-5600K

Which to select

What to choose and what is the difference between Intel Pentium Gold G6400 and AMD A8-5600K? Which processor is more powerful and faster to accomplish your task? The processor with the best specifications and a winner in benchmarks is your choice!

CPU generation and family

Processor nomenclature, family, group and segment.

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

What to choose Intel Pentium Gold G6400 or AMD A8-5600K? The greater the value of the characteristic (highlighted in green), the better.

4.00 GHz
Frequency
3.60 GHz
2
CPU Cores
4
No turbo
Turbo (1 Core)
3.90 GHz
4
CPU Threads
4
No turbo
Turbo (2 Cores)
Yes
Hyperthreading
No
No
Overclocking
Yes
no data
Turbo (4 Cores)
3.90 GHz

Internal Graphics

The graphics chip allows the processor to perform complex calculation and display tasks. The more memory and the higher the clock frequency, the better. Determine the winner, who has the better chip? Intel Pentium Gold G6400 or AMD A8-5600K. 

Intel HD Graphics 610
GPU name
AMD Radeon HD 7560D
0.35 GHz
GPU frequency
0.76 GHz
1.05 GHz
GPU (Turbo)
No turbo
9.5
Generation
4
12
DirectX Version
11
12
Execution units
4
96
Shader
256
32 GB
Max. Memory
2 GB
3
Max. displays
2
14 nm
Technology
32 nm
Q3/2016
Release date
Q3/2012

Hardware codec support

Technical information that will be of interest to specialists and does not affect the performance of the processor. It can be skipped in the comparison.

Decode / Encode
h264
Decode
Decode / Encode
JPEG
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 8bit
No
Decode / Encode
h265 10bit
No
Decode / Encode
VP8
No
Decode / Encode
VP9
No
Decode
VC-1
Decode
Decode / Encode
AVC
Decode

Memory & PCIe

The interfaces and standards of RAM that the processor supports. The more modern the standard and the larger the memory capacity, the better.

DDR4-2666
Memory type
DDR3-1866
128 GB
Max. Memory
2
Memory channels
2
Yes
ECC
No
3.0
PCIe version
16
PCIe lanes

Memory & PCIe

Encryption

Data encryption standards supported by CPUs

Yes
AES-NI
Yes

Thermal Management

TDP is the maximum amount of heat generated by the processor. It is used when selecting a cooling system. The higher the TDP, the more heat the cooling system will have to dissipate.

58 W
TDP
100 W
100 °C
Tjunction max.
--
--
TDP up
--
--
TDP down
--

Technical details

These are key parameters that will help you determine which CPU is better. Pay special attention to the release date, technological aspects of the manufacturing process (measured in nanometers), and the third-level cache (L3).

4.00 MB
L3-Cache
4.00 MB
14 nm
Technology
32 nm
Comet Lake
Architecture
Trinity
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Virtualization
AMD-V
LGA 1200
Socket
FM2
Q2/2020
Release date
Q3/2012
ca. 60 $
Market price
ca. 95 $

Devices using this processor

Devices that can use this type of processor, desktop or laptop.

Unknown
Used in
Unknown

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score Intel Pentium Gold G6400
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD A8-5600K