AMD A10-8700P vs Intel Pentium Gold G5420T

Last updated: 2024-04-12

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD A10-8700P		Intel Pentium Gold G5420T
CPU comparison AMD A10-8700P or Intel Pentium Gold G5420T - 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 A10-8700P has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.80 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD A10-8700P was released in Q2/2015. The Intel Pentium Gold G5420T has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold G5420T was released in Q2/2019.

AMD A (112)	Family	Intel Pentium (150)
AMD A10-8000 (1)	CPU group	Intel Pentium G5000 (8)
5	Generation	8
Carizzo (Excavator)	Architecture	Coffee Lake S
Mobile	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD A10-8700P has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD A10-8700P is 1.80 GHz while the Intel Pentium Gold G5420T has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium Gold G5420T is at 3.20 GHz.
AMD A10-8700P	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold G5420T
4	Cores	2
4	Threads	4
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
1.80 GHz	Frequency	3.20 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	--
3.20 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	--

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD A10-8700P	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold G5420T
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The AMD A10-8700P or Intel Pentium Gold G5420T 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 R6 (Kaveri)	GPU	Intel HD Graphics 610
0.80 GHz	GPU frequency	0.35 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	1.05 GHz
6	GPU Generation	9.5
28 nm	Technology	14 nm
2	Max. displays	3
6	Compute units	12
384	Shader	96
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
2 GB	Max. GPU Memory	32 GB
12	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 R6 (Kaveri)	GPU	Intel HD Graphics 610
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	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 A10-8700P can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 34.2 GB/s. The Intel Pentium Gold G5420T supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 38.4 GB/s.
AMD A10-8700P	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold G5420T
DDR3-2133	Memory	DDR4-2400
	Max. Memory	64 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
34.2 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	38.4 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	--
2.00 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 A10-8700P is --, while the Intel Pentium Gold G5420T has a TDP of 35 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
AMD A10-8700P	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold G5420T
--	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	35 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
12 W	TDP up	--
35 W	TDP down	25 W
90 °C	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The AMD A10-8700P is manufactured in 28 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The Intel Pentium Gold G5420T is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.
AMD A10-8700P	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold G5420T
28 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
AM1	Socket	LGA 1151
AMD-V	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2015	Release date	Q2/2019
--	Release price	64 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

AMD A10-8700P (49%)

Intel Pentium Gold G5420T (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD A10-8700P (63%)

Intel Pentium Gold G5420T (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 A10-8700P 4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz	386 (49%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5420T 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	780 (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 A10-8700P 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	1063 (60%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5420T 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	1765 (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 A10-8700P AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri) @ 0.80 GHz	614 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5420T Intel HD Graphics 610 @ 1.05 GHz	202 (33%)

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 A10-8700P 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	2259 (65%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5420T 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	3500 (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 A10-8700P 4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz	66 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5420T 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)

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 A10-8700P 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	192 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5420T 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)

Devices using this processor
AMD A10-8700P	Intel Pentium Gold G5420T
Lenovo Ideapad 500-15ACZ HP ProBook 430 G3 silber HP ProBook 455 G3 silber	Unknown

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