Intel Pentium Gold G5500 vs AMD A8-6500

Last updated: 2024-04-12

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Pentium Gold G5500		AMD A8-6500
CPU comparison Intel Pentium Gold G5500 or AMD A8-6500 - 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 G5500 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 G5500 was released in Q2/2018. The AMD A8-6500 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.10 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD A8-6500 was released in Q2/2013.

Intel Pentium (150)	Family	AMD A (112)
Intel Pentium G5000 (8)	CPU group	AMD A8-6000 (4)
8	Generation	3
Coffee Lake S	Architecture	Richland (Piledriver)
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
Intel Pentium G4500	Predecessor	--
Intel Pentium Gold G6500	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Pentium Gold G5500 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.80 GHz. The AMD A8-6500 has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.50 GHz (4.10 GHz).
Intel Pentium Gold G5500	Characteristic	AMD A8-6500
2	Cores	4
4	Threads	4
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	No
No	Overclocking ?	Yes
3.80 GHz	Frequency	3.50 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	4.10 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	4.10 GHz

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 G5500	Characteristic	AMD A8-6500
--	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 UHD Graphics 630	GPU	AMD Radeon HD 8570D
0.35 GHz	GPU frequency	0.84 GHz
1.10 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
9.5	GPU Generation	5
14 nm	Technology	32 nm
3	Max. displays	2
24	Compute units	4
192	Shader	256
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
64 GB	Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
12	DirectX Version	11.2

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 UHD Graphics 630	GPU	AMD Radeon HD 8570D
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The Intel Pentium Gold G5500 supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD A8-6500 can connect up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
Intel Pentium Gold G5500	Characteristic	AMD A8-6500
DDR4-2400	Memory	DDR3-1866
64 GB	Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
38.4 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	29.9 GB/s
Yes	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	--
4.00 MB	L3 Cache	4.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	--
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 G5500 has a TDP of 54 W, that of the AMD A8-6500 is 65 W.
Intel Pentium Gold G5500	Characteristic	AMD A8-6500
54 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	65 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
100 °C	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The Intel Pentium Gold G5500 has a 4.00 MB cache, while the AMD A8-6500 cache has a total of 4.00 MB.
Intel Pentium Gold G5500	Characteristic	AMD A8-6500
14 nm	Technology	32 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
LGA 1151	Socket	FM2
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	AMD-V
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2018	Release date	Q2/2013
--	Release price	85 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Intel Pentium Gold G5500 (100%)

AMD A8-6500 (53%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

Intel Pentium Gold G5500 (100%)

AMD A8-6500 (69%)

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 G5500 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	956 (100%)
	AMD A8-6500 4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	489 (51%)

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 G5500 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	2144 (100%)
	AMD A8-6500 4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	1299 (61%)

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 G5500 Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz	422 (98%)
	AMD A8-6500 AMD Radeon HD 8570D @ 0.84 GHz	432 (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 G5500 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	3825 (100%)
	AMD A8-6500 4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	2833 (74%)

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 G5500 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	163 (100%)
	AMD A8-6500 4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	90 (55%)

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 G5500 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	414 (100%)
	AMD A8-6500 4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	293 (71%)

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 G5500 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	809 (100%)
	AMD A8-6500 4C 4T @ 4.10 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 G5500 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	1811 (100%)
	AMD A8-6500 4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	0 (0%)

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.


	Intel Pentium Gold G5500 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	353 (100%)
	AMD A8-6500 4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-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 multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Pentium Gold G5500 2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	916 (100%)
	AMD A8-6500 4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	0 (0%)

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