AMD A6-3420M vs Intel Pentium G4520

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AMD A6-3420M CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium G4520
AMD A6-3420M Intel Pentium G4520

CPU comparison

AMD A6-3420M or Intel Pentium G4520 - 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 A6-3420M has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.40 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD A6-3420M was released in Q4/2011.

The Intel Pentium G4520 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium G4520 was released in Q3/2015.
AMD A (112) Family Intel Pentium (150)
AMD A6-3000M (9) CPU group Intel Pentium G4000 (5)
1 Generation 6
Llano (K10) Architecture Skylake S
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
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CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD A6-3420M has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD A6-3420M is 1.50 GHz (2.40 GHz) while the Intel Pentium G4520 has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium G4520 is at 3.60 GHz.

AMD A6-3420M Characteristic Intel Pentium G4520
4 Cores 2
4 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
Yes Overclocking ? No
1.50 GHz Frequency 3.60 GHz
2.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
2.40 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 A6-3420M Characteristic Intel Pentium G4520
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Internal Graphics

The AMD A6-3420M or Intel Pentium G4520 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 6520G GPU Intel HD Graphics 530
0.40 GHz GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.05 GHz
3 GPU Generation 9
32 nm Technology 14 nm
2 Max. displays 3
5 Compute units 24
320 Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
1 GB Max. GPU Memory 32 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 6520G GPU Intel HD Graphics 530
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
Decode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode
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 A6-3420M can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 21.3 GB/s. The Intel Pentium G4520 supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 34.1 GB/s.

AMD A6-3420M Characteristic Intel Pentium G4520
DDR3-1333 Memory DDR4-2133
Max. Memory 64 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
21.3 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 34.1 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 thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD A6-3420M is 35 W, while the Intel Pentium G4520 has a TDP of 51 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD A6-3420M Characteristic Intel Pentium G4520
35 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 51 W
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Technical details

The AMD A6-3420M is manufactured in 32 nm and has 4.00 MB cache. The Intel Pentium G4520 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 3.00 MB cache.

AMD A6-3420M Characteristic Intel Pentium G4520
32 nm Technology 14 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE3, SSE4a ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
FS1 Socket LGA 1151
AMD-V Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q4/2011 Release date Q3/2015
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
AMD A6-3420M (28%)
Intel Pentium G4520 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD A6-3420M (58%)
Intel Pentium G4520 (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 A6-3420M AMD A6-3420M
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
259 (28%)
Intel Pentium G4520 Intel Pentium G4520
2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz
921 (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 A6-3420M AMD A6-3420M
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
773 (44%)
Intel Pentium G4520 Intel Pentium G4520
2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz
1757 (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 A6-3420M AMD A6-3420M
AMD Radeon HD 6520G @ 0.40 GHz
256 (63%)
Intel Pentium G4520 Intel Pentium G4520
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.05 GHz
403 (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 A6-3420M AMD A6-3420M
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
2084 (71%)
Intel Pentium G4520 Intel Pentium G4520
2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz
2952 (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 A6-3420M AMD A6-3420M
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium G4520 Intel Pentium G4520
2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz
795 (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 A6-3420M AMD A6-3420M
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium G4520 Intel Pentium G4520
2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz
1360 (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 A6-3420M AMD A6-3420M
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium G4520 Intel Pentium G4520
2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz
153 (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 A6-3420M AMD A6-3420M
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium G4520 Intel Pentium G4520
2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz
274 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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