Pentium Gold G5600T vs Ryzen 5 8600G

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 8600G
2024
6 cores / 12 threads, 65 Watt
16.59
+606%
Pentium Gold G5600T
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
2.35

Ryzen 5 8600G outperforms Pentium Gold G5600T by a whopping 606% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 8600G and Pentium Gold G5600T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking4131806
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation49.995.24
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataIntel Pentium Gold
Power efficiency23.276.12
Architecture codenamePhoenix (2023−2024)Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)23 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$229$75

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Ryzen 5 8600G has 854% better value for money than Pentium Gold G5600T.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 8600G and Pentium Gold G5600T 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 speed4.3 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed5 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache64 KB (per core)128 KB
L2 cache1 MB (per core)512 KB
L3 cache16 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography4 nm14 nm
Die size178 mm2126 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data88 °C
Number of transistors25,000 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 8600G and Pentium Gold G5600T 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM5FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 8600G and Pentium Gold G5600T. 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-+
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 8600G and Pentium Gold G5600T 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 8600G and Pentium Gold G5600T 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 8600G and Pentium Gold G5600T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR4-2400
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon 760MIntel UHD Graphics 630
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.05 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 8600G and Pentium Gold G5600T integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 5 8600G and Pentium Gold G5600T integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 5 8600G and Pentium Gold G5600T integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 8600G and Pentium Gold G5600T.

PCIe version4.03.0
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 8600G 16.59
+606%
Pentium Gold G5600T 2.35

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 8600G 25395
+605%
Pentium Gold G5600T 3601

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 16.59 2.35
Integrated graphics card 15.05 3.09
Recency 8 January 2024 23 April 2019
Physical cores 6 2
Threads 12 4
Chip lithography 4 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt

Ryzen 5 8600G has a 606% higher aggregate performance score, 387.1% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 4 years, 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium Gold G5600T, on the other hand, has 85.7% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 8600G is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold G5600T in performance tests.


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