Intel Pentium Gold G5600F vs AMD Ryzen 9 7940H

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Intel Pentium Gold G5600F CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
Intel Pentium Gold G5600F AMD Ryzen 9 7940H

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Intel Pentium Gold G5600F and the AMD Ryzen 9 7940H and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Intel Pentium Gold G5600F 2 core processor released in Q2/2018 with the AMD Ryzen 9 7940H which has 8 CPU cores and was introduced in Q1/2023.
Intel Pentium (150) Family AMD Ryzen 9 (40)
Intel Pentium G5000 (8) CPU group AMD Ryzen 7040 (21)
8 Generation 6
Coffee Lake S Architecture Phoenix (Zen 4)
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium Gold G5600F is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.90 GHz. The processor can compute 4 threads at the same time. The AMD Ryzen 9 7940H clocks with 4.00 GHz (5.20 GHz), has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel.

Intel Pentium Gold G5600F Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
2 Cores 8
4 Threads 16
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
3.90 GHz Frequency 4.00 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 5.20 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.

Intel Pentium Gold G5600F Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
-- AI hardware AMD Ryzen™ AI
-- AI specifications AMD dedicated AI XDNA Technology
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

no iGPU GPU AMD Radeon 780M
GPU frequency 0.80 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 2.80 GHz
-- GPU Generation 3
Technology 4 nm
Max. displays 4
-- Compute units 12
-- Shader 768
No Hardware Raytracing Yes
No Frame Generation AMD FSR
-- Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
-- 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.

no iGPU GPU AMD Radeon 780M
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode
No Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 Decode / Encode
No Codec AVC Decode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to 64 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the Intel Pentium Gold G5600F, while the AMD Ryzen 9 7940H supports a maximum of 256 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 120.0 GB/s enabled.

Intel Pentium Gold G5600F Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
DDR4-2400 Memory DDR5-4800, DDR5-5600, LPDDR5-6400, LPDDR5X-7500
64 GB Max. Memory 256 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
38.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 120.0 GB/s
Yes ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache 8.00 MB
4.00 MB L3 Cache 16.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 4.0
16 PCIe lanes 20
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Intel Pentium Gold G5600F has a TDP of 54 W. The TDP of the AMD Ryzen 9 7940H is 54 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Intel Pentium Gold G5600F Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
54 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 54 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 35 W
100 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium Gold G5600F has 4.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 14 nm. The cache of AMD Ryzen 9 7940H is at 24.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 4 nm.

Intel Pentium Gold G5600F Characteristic AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
14 nm Technology 4 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
LGA 1151 Socket FP8
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
Q2/2018 Release date Q1/2023
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium Gold G5600F (41%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940H (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium Gold G5600F (16%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940H (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 G5600F Intel Pentium Gold G5600F
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
983 (50%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940H AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz
1974 (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 G5600F Intel Pentium Gold G5600F
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
2190 (19%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940H AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
11600 (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 G5600F Intel Pentium Gold G5600F
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
837 (32%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940H AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz
2617 (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.
Intel Pentium Gold G5600F Intel Pentium Gold G5600F
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
1860 (15%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940H AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
12447 (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 G5600F Intel Pentium Gold G5600F
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
3885 (13%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940H AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
30995 (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.
Intel Pentium Gold G5600F Intel Pentium Gold G5600F
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940H AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
AMD Radeon 780M @ 2.80 GHz
4357 (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.
Intel Pentium Gold G5600F Intel Pentium Gold G5600F
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
168 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940H AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
8C 16T @ 5.20 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 G5600F Intel Pentium Gold G5600F
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
425 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940H AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
0 (0%)

AI performance (NPU)

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is given here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher.

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. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).
Intel Pentium Gold G5600F Intel Pentium Gold G5600F
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 9 7940H AMD Ryzen 9 7940H
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
10 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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