FX-8800P vs Pentium Gold G5420

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Gold G5420
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 54 Watt
2.45
+31.7%

Pentium Gold G5420 outperforms FX-8800P by a substantial 32% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold G5420 and FX-8800P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking17752004
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation13.14no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesIntel Pentium GoldAMD Carrizo
Power efficiency4.1411.31
Architecture codenameCoffee Lake (2017−2019)Carrizo (2015−2018)
Release date23 April 2019 (5 years ago)2 June 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$64no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold G5420 and FX-8800P 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 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
L1 cache128 KBno data
L2 cache512 KB2048 KB
L3 cache4 MBno data
Chip lithography14 nm28 nm
Die size126 mm2250 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C90 °C
Number of transistorsno data3,100 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold G5420 and FX-8800P 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
SocketFCLGA1151FP4
Power consumption (TDP)54 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold G5420 and FX-8800P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2HSA 1.0
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX-+
FRTC-+
FreeSync-+
DualGraphics-+
TrueAudio-+
PowerNow-+
PowerGating-+
Out-of-band client management-+
VirusProtect-+
HSA-+
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 FX-8800P 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 FX-8800P are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data
IOMMU 2.0-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold G5420 and FX-8800P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR3-2133
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD Graphics 610AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
iGPU core countno data8
Max video memory64 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Enduro-+
Switchable graphics-+
UVD-+
VCE-+
Graphics max frequency1.05 GHzno data
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold G5420 and FX-8800P integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold G5420 and FX-8800P 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 FX-8800P integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12DirectX® 12
OpenGL4.5no data
Vulkan-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold G5420 and FX-8800P.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes168

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 2.45
+31.7%
FX-8800P 1.86

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 3747
+31.4%
FX-8800P 2851

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 752
+44.1%
FX-8800P 522

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 1525
+27.8%
FX-8800P 1193

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.45 1.86
Recency 23 April 2019 2 June 2015
Physical cores 2 4
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 54 Watt 15 Watt

Pentium Gold G5420 has a 31.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

FX-8800P, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores, and 260% lower power consumption.

The Pentium Gold G5420 is our recommended choice as it beats the FX-8800P in performance tests.

Note that Pentium Gold G5420 is a desktop processor while FX-8800P is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Gold G5420 and FX-8800P, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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