Pentium Gold G5620 vs Athlon 220GE

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon 220GE
2018
2 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
2.79
+3.7%
Pentium Gold G5620
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 54 Watt
2.69

Athlon 220GE outperforms Pentium Gold G5620 by a minimal 4% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 220GE and Pentium Gold G5620 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking16881716
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.087.43
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesAMD AthlonIntel Pentium Gold
Power efficiency7.544.99
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date1 June 2018 (6 years ago)20 February 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$65$93

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Pentium Gold G5620 has 82% better value for money than Athlon 220GE.

Detailed specifications

Athlon 220GE and Pentium Gold G5620 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 speed3.4 GHz4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier34no 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 size209.78 mm2126 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors4,800 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 220GE and Pentium Gold G5620 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM4FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt54 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 220GE and Pentium Gold G5620. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

Athlon 220GE and Pentium Gold G5620 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 Athlon 220GE and Pentium Gold G5620 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 Athlon 220GE and Pentium Gold G5620. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4-2400
Maximum memory size64 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon Vega 3Intel 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 Athlon 220GE and Pentium Gold G5620 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Athlon 220GE and Pentium Gold G5620 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 Athlon 220GE and Pentium Gold G5620 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 220GE and Pentium Gold G5620.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1216

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.

Athlon 220GE 2.79
+3.7%
Pentium Gold G5620 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.

Athlon 220GE 4432
+3.7%
Pentium Gold G5620 4272

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.79 2.69
Integrated graphics card 2.98 3.09
Recency 1 June 2018 20 February 2019
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 54 Watt

Athlon 220GE has a 3.7% higher aggregate performance score, and 54.3% lower power consumption.

Pentium Gold G5620, on the other hand, has 3.7% faster integrated GPU, and an age advantage of 8 months.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Athlon 220GE and Pentium Gold G5620.


Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon 220GE and Pentium Gold G5620, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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