Pentium Gold G6605 vs Athlon Silver 3050GE

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon Silver 3050GE
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
2.86
+1.4%
Pentium Gold G6605
2021
2 cores / 4 threads, 58 Watt
2.82

Athlon Silver 3050GE outperforms Pentium Gold G6605 by a minimal 1% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon Silver 3050GE and Pentium Gold G6605 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking16631669
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiency7.734.60
Architecture codenameDali (2020)Comet Lake-R (2021)
Release date21 July 2020 (4 years ago)16 March 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$86

Detailed specifications

Athlon Silver 3050GE and Pentium Gold G6605 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 GHz4.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz4.3 GHz
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
L1 cache96K (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)256 KB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography12 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)95 °C72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Silver 3050GE and Pentium Gold G6605 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
SocketAM4FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt58 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 3050GE and Pentium Gold G6605. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Athlon Silver 3050GE and Pentium Gold G6605 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Silver 3050GE and Pentium Gold G6605 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 Silver 3050GE and Pentium Gold G6605. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR4-2666
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data41.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX 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 Silver 3050GE and Pentium Gold G6605 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Athlon Silver 3050GE and Pentium Gold G6605 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Athlon Silver 3050GE and Pentium Gold G6605 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 3050GE and Pentium Gold G6605.

PCIe version4.03.0
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.

Athlon Silver 3050GE 2.86
+1.4%
Pentium Gold G6605 2.82

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 Silver 3050GE 4545
+1.3%
Pentium Gold G6605 4486

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.86 2.82
Integrated graphics card 2.98 3.09
Recency 21 July 2020 16 March 2021
Chip lithography 12 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 58 Watt

Athlon Silver 3050GE has a 1.4% higher aggregate performance score, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 65.7% lower power consumption.

Pentium Gold G6605, on the other hand, has 3.7% faster integrated GPU, and an age advantage of 7 months.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Athlon Silver 3050GE and Pentium Gold G6605.


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