AMD A10-9600P vs Intel Pentium Gold G6400E

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AMD A10-9600P CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium Gold G6400E
AMD A10-9600P Intel Pentium Gold G6400E

CPU comparison

AMD A10-9600P or Intel Pentium Gold G6400E - 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 A10-9600P has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.30 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD A10-9600P was released in Q4/2016.

The Intel Pentium Gold G6400E has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold G6400E was released in Q2/2020.
AMD A (112) Family Intel Pentium (150)
AMD A10-9600 (2) CPU group Intel Pentium G6000 (12)
6 Generation 10
Excavator (Bristol Ridge) Architecture Comet Lake S
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Pentium Gold G7400E

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD A10-9600P has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD A10-9600P is 2.40 GHz (3.30 GHz) while the Intel Pentium Gold G6400E has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium Gold G6400E is at 3.80 GHz.

AMD A10-9600P Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold G6400E
4 Cores 2
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.40 GHz Frequency 3.80 GHz
3.30 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
2.60 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 A10-9600P Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold G6400E
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The AMD A10-9600P or Intel Pentium Gold G6400E 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 R5 - 384 (Bristol Ridge) GPU Intel HD Graphics 610
0.72 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
5 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 R5 - 384 (Bristol Ridge) GPU Intel HD Graphics 610
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 A10-9600P can use up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 29.9 GB/s. The Intel Pentium Gold G6400E supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 38.4 GB/s.

AMD A10-9600P Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold G6400E
DDR4-1866 Memory DDR4-2400
64 GB Max. Memory 128 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
29.9 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
No ECC Yes
2.00 MB L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 4.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
8 PCIe lanes 16
7.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD A10-9600P is 15 W, while the Intel Pentium Gold G6400E has a TDP of 58 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD A10-9600P Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold G6400E
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 58 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
90 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The AMD A10-9600P is manufactured in 28 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The Intel Pentium Gold G6400E is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.

AMD A10-9600P Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold G6400E
28 nm Technology 14 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, FMA4 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
FP4 Socket LGA 1200
AMD-V Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q4/2016 Release date Q2/2020
-- Release price 79 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD A10-9600P (48%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6400E (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD A10-9600P (57%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6400E (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 A10-9600P AMD A10-9600P
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
469 (50%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6400E Intel Pentium Gold G6400E
2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
940 (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 A10-9600P AMD A10-9600P
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
1211 (59%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6400E Intel Pentium Gold G6400E
2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
2036 (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 A10-9600P AMD A10-9600P
AMD Radeon R5 - 384 (Bristol Ridge) @ 0.72 GHz
550 (100%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6400E Intel Pentium Gold G6400E
Intel HD Graphics 610 @ 1.05 GHz
202 (37%)

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 A10-9600P AMD A10-9600P
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
72 (46%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6400E Intel Pentium Gold G6400E
2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
158 (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 A10-9600P AMD A10-9600P
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
214 (54%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6400E Intel Pentium Gold G6400E
2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
397 (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 A10-9600P AMD A10-9600P
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6400E Intel Pentium Gold G6400E
2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
395 (100%)

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 A10-9600P AMD A10-9600P
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6400E Intel Pentium Gold G6400E
2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
3956 (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 A10-9600P AMD A10-9600P
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
499 (100%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6400E Intel Pentium Gold G6400E
2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

AMD A10-9600P Intel Pentium Gold G6400E
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