Pentium Gold G5500 vs FX-6100

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Aggregate performance score

FX-6100
2011
6 cores / 6 threads, 95 Watt
2.32
Pentium Gold G5500
2018
2 cores / 4 threads, 54 Watt
2.41
+3.9%

Pentium Gold G5500 outperforms FX-6100 by a minimal 4% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing FX-6100 and Pentium Gold G5500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking18091782
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data4.74
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataIntel Pentium Gold
Power efficiency2.314.47
Architecture codenameZambezi (2011−2012)Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date12 October 2011 (13 years ago)2 April 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$75

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

FX-6100 and Pentium Gold G5500 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads64
Base clock speed3.3 GHz3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz3.8 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data38
L1 cache288 KB128 KB
L2 cache6 MB512 KB
L3 cache8 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size315 mm2126 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors1,200 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on FX-6100 and Pentium Gold G5500 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM3+1151
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt54 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-6100 and Pentium Gold G5500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FX-6100 and Pentium Gold G5500 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-6100 and Pentium Gold G5500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics 630

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-6100 and Pentium Gold G5500.

PCIe version2.03.0

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.

FX-6100 2.32
Pentium Gold G5500 2.41
+3.9%

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.

FX-6100 3691
Pentium Gold G5500 3823
+3.6%

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.

FX-6100 383
Pentium Gold G5500 793
+107%

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.

FX-6100 1231
Pentium Gold G5500 1618
+31.4%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.32 2.41
Recency 12 October 2011 2 April 2018
Physical cores 6 2
Threads 6 4
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 54 Watt

FX-6100 has 200% more physical cores and 50% more threads.

Pentium Gold G5500, on the other hand, has a 3.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 75.9% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between FX-6100 and Pentium Gold G5500.


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