AMD Ryzen 5 6600H vs Intel Pentium Gold G5400

Last updated: 2024-04-02

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Ryzen 5 6600H		Intel Pentium Gold G5400
CPU comparison AMD Ryzen 5 6600H or Intel Pentium Gold G5400 - 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 Ryzen 5 6600H has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.50 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 6600H was released in Q1/2022. The Intel Pentium Gold G5400 has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold G5400 was released in Q2/2018.

AMD Ryzen 5 (86)	Family	Intel Pentium (150)
AMD Ryzen 6000H/7035H (20)	CPU group	Intel Pentium G5000 (8)
5	Generation	8
Rembrandt (Zen 3+)	Architecture	Coffee Lake S
Mobile	Segment	Desktop / Server
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H	Predecessor	Intel Pentium G4400
--	Successor	Intel Pentium Gold G6400

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Ryzen 5 6600H is a 6 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.30 GHz (4.50 GHz). The Intel Pentium Gold G5400 has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.70 GHz.
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold G5400
6	Cores	2
12	Threads	4
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
3.30 GHz	Frequency	3.70 GHz
4.50 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	--
3.80 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 Ryzen 5 6600H	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold G5400
--	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 660M	GPU	Intel HD Graphics 610
1.40 GHz	GPU frequency	0.35 GHz
1.90 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	1.05 GHz
9	GPU Generation	9.5
6 nm	Technology	14 nm
3	Max. displays	3
6	Compute units	12
384	Shader	96
Yes	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
8 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 660M	GPU	Intel HD Graphics 610
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The AMD Ryzen 5 6600H supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold G5400 can connect up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold G5400
LPDDR5-6400, DDR5-4800	Memory	DDR4-2400
64 GB	Max. Memory	64 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
76.8 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	38.4 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
3.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
16.00 MB	L3 Cache	4.00 MB
4.0	PCIe version	3.0
12	PCIe lanes	16
23.6 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Ryzen 5 6600H has a TDP of 45 W, that of the Intel Pentium Gold G5400 is 58 W.
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold G5400
45 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	58 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
54 W	TDP up	--
35 W	TDP down	--
95 °C	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The AMD Ryzen 5 6600H has a 19.00 MB cache, while the Intel Pentium Gold G5400 cache has a total of 4.00 MB.
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold G5400
6 nm	Technology	14 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2
FP7	Socket	LGA 1151
AMD-V, SVM	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2022	Release date	Q2/2018
--	Release price	64 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 5 6600H (100%)

Intel Pentium Gold G5400 (53%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 5 6600H (100%)

Intel Pentium Gold G5400 (22%)

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 Ryzen 5 6600H 6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz	1472 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5400 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	940 (64%)

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 Ryzen 5 6600H 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz	8054 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5400 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	2078 (26%)

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 Ryzen 5 6600H 6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz	1886 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5400 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	780 (41%)

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 Ryzen 5 6600H 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz	8063 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5400 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	1690 (21%)

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 Ryzen 5 6600H AMD Radeon 660M @ 1.90 GHz	1459 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5400 Intel HD Graphics 610 @ 1.05 GHz	202 (14%)

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 Ryzen 5 6600H 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz	19080 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5400 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	3740 (20%)

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 Ryzen 5 6600H 6C 12T @ 3.30 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5400 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	1044 (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 Ryzen 5 6600H 6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5400 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	152 (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 Ryzen 5 6600H 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G5400 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	384 (100%)

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