AMD A6-9210 vs Intel Pentium Gold G6500T

Last updated: 2024-04-12

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD A6-9210		Intel Pentium Gold G6500T
CPU comparison AMD A6-9210 or Intel Pentium Gold G6500T - 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 A6-9210 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.80 GHz. Up to 8 GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The AMD A6-9210 was released in Q2/2017. The Intel Pentium Gold G6500T has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold G6500T was released in Q2/2020.

AMD A (112)	Family	Intel Pentium (150)
AMD A6-9000 (4)	CPU group	Intel Pentium G6000 (12)
6	Generation	10
Stoney Ridge (Excavator)	Architecture	Comet Lake S
Mobile	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	Intel Pentium Gold G5500T
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD A6-9210 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD A6-9210 is 2.40 GHz (2.80 GHz) while the Intel Pentium Gold G6500T has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium Gold G6500T is at 3.50 GHz.
AMD A6-9210	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold G6500T
2	Cores	2
2	Threads	4
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.40 GHz	Frequency	3.50 GHz
2.80 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	--
2.60 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 A6-9210	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold G6500T
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The AMD A6-9210 or Intel Pentium Gold G6500T 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 R4 (Stoney Ridge)	GPU	Intel HD Graphics 630
0.60 GHz	GPU frequency	0.35 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	1.05 GHz
7	GPU Generation	9.5
28 nm	Technology	14 nm
3	Max. displays	3
3	Compute units	24
192	Shader	192
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
2 GB	Max. GPU Memory	64 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 R4 (Stoney Ridge)	GPU	Intel HD Graphics 630
Decode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The AMD A6-9210 can use up to 8 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 17.1 GB/s. The Intel Pentium Gold G6500T supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 42.7 GB/s.
AMD A6-9210	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold G6500T
DDR4-2133	Memory	DDR4-2666
8 GB	Max. Memory	128 GB
1 (Single Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
17.1 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	42.7 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	--
2.00 MB	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 A6-9210 is 15 W, while the Intel Pentium Gold G6500T has a TDP of 35 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
AMD A6-9210	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold G6500T
15 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	35 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
10 W	TDP down	25 W
90 °C	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The AMD A6-9210 is manufactured in 28 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The Intel Pentium Gold G6500T is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.
AMD A6-9210	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold G6500T
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
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
Q2/2017	Release date	Q2/2020
--	Release price	90 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

AMD A6-9210 (41%)

Intel Pentium Gold G6500T (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD A6-9210 (39%)

Intel Pentium Gold G6500T (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 A6-9210 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	361 (41%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6500T 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	889 (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 A6-9210 2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz	588 (30%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6500T 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	1935 (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 A6-9210 AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge) @ 0.60 GHz	230 (57%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6500T Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 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 A6-9210 2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz	1757 (47%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6500T 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	3755 (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 A6-9210 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6500T 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	762 (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 A6-9210 2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6500T 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	1680 (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 A6-9210 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6500T 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	367 (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 A6-9210 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6500T 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	146 (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 A6-9210 2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6500T 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	366 (100%)

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