AMD A10-5700 vs Intel Pentium Gold G6600

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AMD A10-5700 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium Gold G6600
AMD A10-5700 Intel Pentium Gold G6600

CPU comparison

AMD A10-5700 or Intel Pentium Gold G6600 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD A10-5700 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.00 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD A10-5700 was released in Q3/2012.

The Intel Pentium Gold G6600 has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold G6600 was released in Q2/2020.
AMD A (112) Family Intel Pentium (150)
AMD A10-5000 (2) CPU group Intel Pentium G6000 (12)
2 Generation 10
Trinity (Piledriver) Architecture Comet Lake S
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor Intel Pentium Gold G5600
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD A10-5700 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD A10-5700 is 3.40 GHz (4.00 GHz) while the Intel Pentium Gold G6600 has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium Gold G6600 is at 4.20 GHz.

AMD A10-5700 Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold G6600
4 Cores 2
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
3.40 GHz Frequency 4.20 GHz
4.00 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
4.00 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

AMD A10-5700 Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold G6600
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The AMD A10-5700 or Intel Pentium Gold G6600 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

AMD Radeon HD 7660D GPU Intel HD Graphics 630
0.80 GHz GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.10 GHz
4 GPU Generation 9.5
32 nm Technology 14 nm
2 Max. displays 3
6 Compute units 24
384 Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 64 GB
11 DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

AMD Radeon HD 7660D GPU Intel HD Graphics 630
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD A10-5700 can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 29.9 GB/s. The Intel Pentium Gold G6600 supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 42.7 GB/s.

AMD A10-5700 Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold G6600
DDR3-1866 Memory DDR4-2666
Max. Memory 128 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
29.9 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 42.7 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 16
-- PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD A10-5700 is 65 W, while the Intel Pentium Gold G6600 has a TDP of 58 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD A10-5700 Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold G6600
65 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 58 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The AMD A10-5700 is manufactured in 32 nm and has 4.00 MB cache. The Intel Pentium Gold G6600 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.

AMD A10-5700 Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold G6600
32 nm Technology 14 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
FM2 Socket LGA 1200
AMD-V Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2012 Release date Q2/2020
100 $ Release price 103 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
AMD A10-5700 (40%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6600 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks
AMD A10-5700 (55%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6600 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD A10-5700 AMD A10-5700
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
473 (44%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6600 Intel Pentium Gold G6600
2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
1082 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD A10-5700 AMD A10-5700
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
1263 (52%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6600 Intel Pentium Gold G6600
2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
2415 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD A10-5700 AMD A10-5700
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
412 (45%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6600 Intel Pentium Gold G6600
2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
916 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD A10-5700 AMD A10-5700
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
1054 (53%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6600 Intel Pentium Gold G6600
2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
1977 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD A10-5700 AMD A10-5700
AMD Radeon HD 7660D @ 0.80 GHz
614 (100%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6600 Intel Pentium Gold G6600
Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz
422 (69%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD A10-5700 AMD A10-5700
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
2741 (62%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6600 Intel Pentium Gold G6600
2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
4400 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD A10-5700 AMD A10-5700
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
56 (32%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6600 Intel Pentium Gold G6600
2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
176 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD A10-5700 AMD A10-5700
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
231 (53%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6600 Intel Pentium Gold G6600
2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
437 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD A10-5700 AMD A10-5700
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6600 Intel Pentium Gold G6600
2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
433 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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