Pentium Gold G7400 vs A6-6400K

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Aggregate performance score

A6-6400K
2013
2 cores / 2 threads, 65 Watt
0.95
Pentium Gold G7400
2022
2 cores / 4 threads, 46 Watt
4.24
+346%

Pentium Gold G7400 outperforms A6-6400K by a whopping 346% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A6-6400K and Pentium Gold G7400 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking25191381
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesAMD A-Series (Desktop)no data
Power efficiency1.388.72
Architecture codenameRichland (2013−2014)Alder Lake-S (2022)
Release date1 June 2013 (11 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A6-6400K and Pentium Gold G7400 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)
Threads24
Base clock speed3.9 GHz3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed4.1 GHz3.7 GHz
L1 cache96 KB80K (per core)
L2 cache1024 KB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size246 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature70 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)70 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,178 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on A6-6400K and Pentium Gold G7400 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 configuration11
SocketFM2FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt46 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-6400K and Pentium Gold G7400. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE1-4a, AES, ABM, AVX, BMI1, AMD64, VT, EVP, Turbo Core 3.0Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
FMAFMA4-
AVX++
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
VirusProtect+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

A6-6400K and Pentium Gold G7400 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-6400K and Pentium Gold G7400 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 A6-6400K and Pentium Gold G7400. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1866DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data76.8 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
AMD Radeon HD 8470DIntel UHD Graphics 710
จำนวนพาธไลน์192no data
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HDno data+
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-
Graphics max frequencyno data1.35 GHz
Execution Unitsno data16

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6-6400K and Pentium Gold G7400 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by A6-6400K and Pentium Gold G7400 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2160 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6-6400K and Pentium Gold G7400 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 1112
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-6400K and Pentium Gold G7400.

PCIe version2.05.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

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.

A6-6400K 0.95
Pentium Gold G7400 4.24
+346%

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.

A6-6400K 1502
Pentium Gold G7400 6739
+349%

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.

A6-6400K 410
Pentium Gold G7400 1977
+382%

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.

A6-6400K 576
Pentium Gold G7400 4150
+620%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.95 4.24
Integrated graphics card 0.97 2.86
Recency 1 June 2013 4 January 2022
Threads 2 4
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 46 Watt

Pentium Gold G7400 has a 346.3% higher aggregate performance score, 194.8% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 8 years, 100% more threads, and 41.3% lower power consumption.

The Pentium Gold G7400 is our recommended choice as it beats the A6-6400K in performance tests.


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