Intel Pentium Gold G5420 vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845

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Intel Pentium Gold G5420 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845
Intel Pentium Gold G5420 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845

CPU comparison

Intel Pentium Gold G5420 or AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 - 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 Intel Pentium Gold G5420 has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.80 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold G5420 was released in Q2/2019.

The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 was released in Q3/2022.
Intel Pentium (150) Family AMD Ryzen 5 (85)
Intel Pentium G5000 (8) CPU group AMD Ryzen 5000U (13)
8 Generation 4
Coffee Lake S Architecture Cezanne (Zen 3)
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium Gold G5420 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.80 GHz. The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.40 GHz (4.60 GHz).

Intel Pentium Gold G5420 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845
2 Cores 8
4 Threads 16
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? Yes
3.80 GHz Frequency 3.40 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.60 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.

Intel Pentium Gold G5420 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

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.

Intel HD Graphics 610 GPU no iGPU
0.35 GHz GPU frequency --
1.05 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
9.5 GPU Generation --
14 nm Technology
3 Max. displays
12 Compute units --
96 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version --

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.

Intel HD Graphics 610 GPU no iGPU
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Pentium Gold G5420 supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 can connect up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Intel Pentium Gold G5420 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845
DDR4-2400 Memory LPDDR4-4266, DDR4-3200
64 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
38.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache 4.00 MB
4.00 MB L3 Cache 32.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 4.0
16 PCIe lanes --
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Pentium Gold G5420 has a TDP of 54 W, that of the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 is 65 W.

Intel Pentium Gold G5420 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845
54 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 65 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. 95 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium Gold G5420 has a 4.00 MB cache, while the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 cache has a total of 36.00 MB.

Intel Pentium Gold G5420 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845
14 nm Technology 7 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
LGA 1151 Socket AM4 (PGA 1331)
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2019 Release date Q3/2022
64 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium Gold G5420 (57%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium Gold G5420 (17%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 (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.
Intel Pentium Gold G5420 Intel Pentium Gold G5420
2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
978 (57%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
1710 (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.
Intel Pentium Gold G5420 Intel Pentium Gold G5420
2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
2134 (19%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
10966 (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.
Intel Pentium Gold G5420 Intel Pentium Gold G5420
2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
3796 (15%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
25975 (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.
Intel Pentium Gold G5420 Intel Pentium Gold G5420
2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
809 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Pentium Gold G5420 Intel Pentium Gold G5420
2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
1755 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Pentium Gold G5420 Intel Pentium Gold G5420
Intel HD Graphics 610 @ 1.05 GHz
202 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Pentium Gold G5420 Intel Pentium Gold G5420
2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
1077 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Pentium Gold G5420 Intel Pentium Gold G5420
2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
157 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845
8C 16T @ 4.60 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.
Intel Pentium Gold G5420 Intel Pentium Gold G5420
2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
395 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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