Pentium Gold G6500 vs Ryzen 3 PRO 5350G

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 3 PRO 5350G
2021
4 cores / 8 threads, 65 Watt
8.71
+234%
Pentium Gold G6500
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 58 Watt
2.61

Ryzen 3 PRO 5350G outperforms Pentium Gold G6500 by a whopping 234% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 PRO 5350G and Pentium Gold G6500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking8661716
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen 3no data
Power efficiency12.684.26
Architecture codenameCezanne (2021−2024)Comet Lake (2020)
Release date1 June 2021 (3 years ago)30 April 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 PRO 5350G and Pentium Gold G6500 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads84
Base clock speed4 GHz4.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz4.1 GHz
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
Multiplier40no data
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache8 MB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm14 nm
Die size180 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)95 °C72 °C
Number of transistors10,700 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 PRO 5350G and Pentium Gold G6500 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
SocketAM4FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt58 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 5350G and Pentium Gold G6500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Ryzen 3 PRO 5350G and Pentium Gold G6500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 5350G and Pentium Gold G6500 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 5350G and Pentium Gold G6500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-3200DDR4-2666
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/s41.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
AMD Radeon Vega 6Intel UHD Graphics 630
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.1 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 3 PRO 5350G and Pentium Gold G6500 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 5350G and Pentium Gold G6500 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 5350G and Pentium Gold G6500 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 5350G and Pentium Gold G6500.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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.

Ryzen 3 PRO 5350G 8.71
+234%
Pentium Gold G6500 2.61

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.

Ryzen 3 PRO 5350G 13838
+234%
Pentium Gold G6500 4140

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.71 2.61
Integrated graphics card 3.04 3.09
Recency 1 June 2021 30 April 2020
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 58 Watt

Ryzen 3 PRO 5350G has a 233.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium Gold G6500, on the other hand, has 1.6% faster integrated GPU, and 12.1% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 3 PRO 5350G is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold G6500 in performance tests.


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