Athlon II X4 610e vs Pentium Gold G5420

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Gold G5420
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 54 Watt
2.37
+91.1%
Athlon II X4 610e
2010
4 cores / 4 threads, 45 Watt
1.24

Pentium Gold G5420 outperforms Athlon II X4 610e by an impressive 91% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold G5420 and Athlon II X4 610e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking17952320
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation13.142.49
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Pentium Goldno data
Power efficiency4.152.61
Architecture codenameCoffee Lake (2017−2019)Propus (2009−2011)
Release date23 April 2019 (5 years ago)11 May 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$64$70

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Pentium Gold G5420 has 428% better value for money than Athlon II X4 610e.

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold G5420 and Athlon II X4 610e 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed3.8 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz2.4 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
L1 cache128 KB128 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB512 KB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm45 nm
Die size126 mm2169 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data300 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold G5420 and Athlon II X4 610e 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
SocketFCLGA1151AM3
Power consumption (TDP)54 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold G5420 and Athlon II X4 610e. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-

Security technologies

Pentium Gold G5420 and Athlon II X4 610e technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
Identity Protection+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold G5420 and Athlon II X4 610e are enumerated here.

VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold G5420 and Athlon II X4 610e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR3
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 610no data
Max video memory64 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.05 GHzno data
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold G5420 and Athlon II X4 610e integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold G5420 and Athlon II X4 610e integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold G5420 and Athlon II X4 610e integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold G5420 and Athlon II X4 610e.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes16no data

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.

Pentium Gold G5420 2.37
+91.1%
Athlon II X4 610e 1.24

  • Other tests
    • Passmark
    • GeekBench 5 Single-Core
    • GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

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.

Pentium Gold G5420 3764
+91.6%
Athlon II X4 610e 1964

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.

Pentium Gold G5420 749
+145%
Athlon II X4 610e 306

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.

Pentium Gold G5420 1517
+52.2%
Athlon II X4 610e 997

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.37 1.24
Recency 23 April 2019 11 May 2010
Physical cores 2 4
Chip lithography 14 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 54 Watt 45 Watt

Pentium Gold G5420 has a 91.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

Athlon II X4 610e, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores, and 20% lower power consumption.

The Pentium Gold G5420 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon II X4 610e in performance tests.


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