Pentium Gold G7400 vs Athlon 64 X2 5200+

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon 64 X2 5200+
2006
2 cores / 2 threads, 89 Watt
0.54
Pentium Gold G7400
2022
2 cores / 4 threads, 46 Watt
4.24
+685%

Pentium Gold G7400 outperforms Athlon 64 X2 5200+ by a whopping 685% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 X2 5200+ and Pentium Gold G7400 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28561381
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiency0.578.72
Architecture codenameWindsor (2006−2007)Alder Lake-S (2022)
Release dateSeptember 2006 (18 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 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 speedno data3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz3.7 GHz
L1 cache256 KB80K (per core)
L2 cache512K1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography90 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size220 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors154 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 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
SocketAM2FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)89 Watt46 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 X2 5200+ and Pentium Gold G7400. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 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 Athlon 64 X2 5200+ and Pentium Gold G7400 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 X2 5200+ and Pentium Gold G7400. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data76.8 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics 710
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.35 GHz
Execution Unitsno data16

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon 64 X2 5200+ and Pentium Gold G7400 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 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 Athlon 64 X2 5200+ and Pentium Gold G7400 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 64 X2 5200+ and Pentium Gold G7400.

PCIe versionno data5.0 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.

Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 0.54
Pentium Gold G7400 4.24
+685%

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 64 X2 5200+ 851
Pentium Gold G7400 6739
+692%

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.

Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 253
Pentium Gold G7400 1977
+681%

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.

Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 442
Pentium Gold G7400 4150
+839%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.54 4.24
Threads 2 4
Power consumption (TDP) 89 Watt 46 Watt

Pentium Gold G7400 has a 685.2% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more threads, and 93.5% lower power consumption.

The Pentium Gold G7400 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon 64 X2 5200+ in performance tests.


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