Pentium Gold G5400T vs Ryzen 5 1600

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 1600
2017
6 cores / 12 threads, 65 Watt
8.02
+287%
Pentium Gold G5400T
2018
2 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
2.07

Ryzen 5 1600 outperforms Pentium Gold G5400T by a whopping 287% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 1600 and Pentium Gold G5400T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking9431914
Place by popularity48not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.7610.01
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5Intel Pentium Gold
Power efficiency11.255.39
Architecture codenameZen 2 (2017−2020)Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date16 March 2017 (7 years ago)2 April 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$219$64

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Pentium Gold G5400T has 110% better value for money than Ryzen 5 1600.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 1600 and Pentium Gold G5400T 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads124
Base clock speed3.2 GHz3.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.1 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier3231
L1 cache576 KB128 KB
L2 cache3 MB512 KB
L3 cache16 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size213 mm2126 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100/88 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors4800 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 1600 and Pentium Gold G5400T 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM4FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 1600 and Pentium Gold G5400T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTIntel® 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-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 1600 and Pentium Gold G5400T technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 1600 and Pentium Gold G5400T 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 5 1600 and Pentium Gold G5400T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size64 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-Intel UHD Graphics 610
Max video memory-64 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video-+
Clear Video HD-+
Graphics max frequency-1.05 GHz
InTru 3D-+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 1600 and Pentium Gold G5400T integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported-3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 5 1600 and Pentium Gold G5400T integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support-+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4-4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDP-4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort-4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 5 1600 and Pentium Gold G5400T integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX-12
OpenGL-4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 1600 and Pentium Gold G5400T.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes2016

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 5 1600 8.02
+287%
Pentium Gold G5400T 2.07

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 5 1600 12279
+287%
Pentium Gold G5400T 3173

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.

Ryzen 5 1600 1083
+70%
Pentium Gold G5400T 637

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.

Ryzen 5 1600 4635
+252%
Pentium Gold G5400T 1315

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.02 2.07
Recency 16 March 2017 2 April 2018
Physical cores 6 2
Threads 12 4
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt

Ryzen 5 1600 has a 287.4% higher aggregate performance score, and 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

Pentium Gold G5400T, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 85.7% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 1600 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold G5400T in performance tests.


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