Pentium Gold G5420 vs A6-6310

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Aggregate performance score

A6-6310
2014
4 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
1.05
Pentium Gold G5420
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 54 Watt
2.37
+126%

Pentium Gold G5420 outperforms A6-6310 by a whopping 126% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A6-6310 and Pentium Gold G5420 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking24351794
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data13.14
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD A-SeriesIntel Pentium Gold
Power efficiency6.624.15
Architecture codenameBeema (2014)Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date29 April 2014 (10 years ago)23 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$64

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

A6-6310 and Pentium Gold G5420 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.8 GHz3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz3.8 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cache2048 KB512 KB
L3 cacheno data4 MB
Chip lithography28 nm14 nm
Die size107 mm2126 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors930 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on A6-6310 and Pentium Gold G5420 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFT3bFCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt54 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-6310 and Pentium Gold G5420. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVXIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
FMAFMA4-
AVX+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
VirusProtect+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+

Security technologies

A6-6310 and Pentium Gold G5420 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-6310 and Pentium Gold G5420 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-6310 and Pentium Gold G5420. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1865DDR4-2400
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channels12
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon R4 GraphicsIntel UHD Graphics 610
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-
Graphics max frequencyno data1.05 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6-6310 and Pentium Gold G5420 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by A6-6310 and Pentium Gold G5420 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6-6310 and Pentium Gold G5420 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 1212
OpenGLno data4.5
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-6310 and Pentium Gold G5420.

PCIe version2.03.0
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.

A6-6310 1.05
Pentium Gold G5420 2.37
+126%

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.

A6-6310 1675
Pentium Gold G5420 3764
+125%

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.

A6-6310 229
Pentium Gold G5420 749
+227%

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.

A6-6310 602
Pentium Gold G5420 1517
+152%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.05 2.37
Recency 29 April 2014 23 April 2019
Physical cores 4 2
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 54 Watt

A6-6310 has 100% more physical cores, and 260% lower power consumption.

Pentium Gold G5420, on the other hand, has a 125.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Pentium Gold G5420 is our recommended choice as it beats the A6-6310 in performance tests.

Be aware that A6-6310 is a notebook processor while Pentium Gold G5420 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between A6-6310 and Pentium Gold G5420, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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