AMD A10-6700 vs Intel Pentium G3258

Last updated: 2024-04-12

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD A10-6700		Intel Pentium G3258
CPU comparison AMD A10-6700 or Intel Pentium G3258 - 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 A10-6700 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.30 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD A10-6700 was released in Q2/2013. The Intel Pentium G3258 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium G3258 was released in Q2/2014.

AMD A (112)	Family	Intel Pentium (150)
AMD A10-6000 (4)	CPU group	Intel Pentium G3000 (14)
3	Generation	5
Richland (Piledriver)	Architecture	Haswell S
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD A10-6700 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.70 GHz (4.30 GHz). The Intel Pentium G3258 has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.20 GHz.
AMD A10-6700	Characteristic	Intel Pentium G3258
4	Cores	2
4	Threads	2
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	No
No	Overclocking ?	Yes
3.70 GHz	Frequency	3.20 GHz
4.30 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	--
4.30 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 A10-6700	Characteristic	Intel Pentium G3258
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--
--	NPU + CPU + iGPU	--

Integrated graphics (iGPU) The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
AMD Radeon HD 8670D	GPU	Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)
0.84 GHz	GPU frequency	0.35 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	1.15 GHz
5	GPU Generation	7.5
32 nm	Technology	22 nm
2	Max. displays	3
6	Compute units	10
384	Shader	80
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
2 GB	Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
11.2	DirectX Version	11.1

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 8670D	GPU	Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	No
No	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode

Memory & PCIe The AMD A10-6700 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium G3258 can connect up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
AMD A10-6700	Characteristic	Intel Pentium G3258
DDR3-1866	Memory	DDR3-1600
	Max. Memory	32 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
29.9 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	25.6 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	--
4.00 MB	L3 Cache	3.00 MB
--	PCIe version	3.0
--	PCIe lanes	16
--	PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD A10-6700 has a TDP of 65 W, that of the Intel Pentium G3258 is 53 W.
AMD A10-6700	Characteristic	Intel Pentium G3258
65 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	53 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The AMD A10-6700 has a 4.00 MB cache, while the Intel Pentium G3258 cache has a total of 3.00 MB.
AMD A10-6700	Characteristic	Intel Pentium G3258
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 1150
AMD-V	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2013	Release date	Q2/2014
120 $	Release price	65 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD A10-6700 (63%)

Intel Pentium G3258 (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

AMD A10-6700 (97%)

Intel Pentium G3258 (79%)

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 A10-6700 4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz	533 (74%)
	Intel Pentium G3258 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	721 (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 A10-6700 4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz	1431 (90%)
	Intel Pentium G3258 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	1582 (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 A10-6700 AMD Radeon HD 8670D @ 0.84 GHz	648 (100%)
	Intel Pentium G3258 Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 1.15 GHz	184 (28%)

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 A10-6700 4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz	4736 (100%)
	Intel Pentium G3258 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	2062 (44%)

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 A10-6700 4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz	67 (52%)
	Intel Pentium G3258 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	129 (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 A10-6700 4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz	257 (100%)
	Intel Pentium G3258 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	242 (94%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 A10-6700 4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Pentium G3258 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	917 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 A10-6700 4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Pentium G3258 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	2173 (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 A10-6700 4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Pentium G3258 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	667 (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 A10-6700 4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Pentium G3258 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	1396 (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 A10-6700 4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Pentium G3258 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	231 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-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 multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A10-6700 4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Pentium G3258 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	443 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD A10-6700 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Pentium G3258 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	685 (100%)

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