A8-7600 vs Pentium Gold G6400

Aggregate performance score

Pentium Gold G6400
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 58 Watt
2.60
+28.1%
A8-7600
2014
4 cores / 4 threads, 65 Watt
2.03

Pentium Gold G6400 outperforms A8-7600 by a significant 28% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold G6400 and A8-7600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking17191907
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiency4.242.96
Architecture codenameComet Lake (2020)Kaveri (2014−2015)
Release date30 April 2020 (4 years ago)31 July 2014 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold G6400 and A8-7600 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 speed4 GHz3.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz3.8 GHz
Bus rate8 GT/sno data
L1 cache64K (per core)256 KB
L2 cache256K (per core)4096 KB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography14 nm28 nm
Die sizeno data245 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C71 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data2,411 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold G6400 and A8-7600 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
SocketFCLGA1200FM2+
Power consumption (TDP)58 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold G6400 and A8-7600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2no data
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+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Pentium Gold G6400 and A8-7600 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold G6400 and A8-7600 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 G6400 and A8-7600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR3-2133
Maximum memory size128 GBno data
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth41.6 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel UHD Graphics 610AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
iGPU core countno data6
Number of pipelinesno data384
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 G6400 and A8-7600 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold G6400 and A8-7600 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2160@30Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold G6400 and A8-7600 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12DirectX® 12
OpenGL4.5no data
Vulkan-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold G6400 and A8-7600.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1616

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 G6400 2.60
+28.1%
A8-7600 2.03

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 G6400 4123
+28.1%
A8-7600 3219

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 G6400 801
+84.6%
A8-7600 434

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 G6400 1653
+56.5%
A8-7600 1056

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.60 2.03
Recency 30 April 2020 31 July 2014
Physical cores 2 4
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 58 Watt 65 Watt

Pentium Gold G6400 has a 28.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 12.1% lower power consumption.

A8-7600, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores.

The Pentium Gold G6400 is our recommended choice as it beats the A8-7600 in performance tests.


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