A4-7300 vs Pentium Gold G6600

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Gold G6600
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 58 Watt
2.69
+180%
A4-7300
2014
2 cores / 2 threads, 65 Watt
0.96

Pentium Gold G6600 outperforms A4-7300 by a whopping 180% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold G6600 and A4-7300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking17022488
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiency4.391.40
Architecture codenameComet Lake (2020)Richland (2013−2014)
Release date30 April 2020 (4 years ago)August 2014 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold G6600 and A4-7300 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)
Threads42
Base clock speed4.2 GHz3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz4 GHz
Bus rate8 GT/sno data
L1 cache64K (per core)96 KB
L2 cache256K (per core)1024 KB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography14 nm32 nm
Die sizeno data246 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C70 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °C70 °C
Number of transistorsno data1,303 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold G6600 and A4-7300 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 G6600 and A4-7300. 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++
PowerNow-+
PowerGating-+
VirusProtect-+
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 G6600 and A4-7300 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 G6600 and A4-7300 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 G6600 and A4-7300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR3-1600
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 630AMD Radeon HD 8470D
Number of pipelinesno data192
Max video memory64 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Enduro-+
Switchable graphics-+
UVD-+
VCE-+
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHzno data
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold G6600 and A4-7300 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold G6600 and A4-7300 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 G6600 and A4-7300 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12DirectX® 11
OpenGL4.5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold G6600 and A4-7300.

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 G6600 2.69
+180%
A4-7300 0.96

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 G6600 4273
+179%
A4-7300 1529

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.69 0.96
Integrated graphics card 3.09 0.97
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 14 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 58 Watt 65 Watt

Pentium Gold G6600 has a 180.2% higher aggregate performance score, 218.6% faster integrated GPU, 100% more threads, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 12.1% lower power consumption.

The Pentium Gold G6600 is our recommended choice as it beats the A4-7300 in performance tests.


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