Intel Pentium Gold G6500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3580U

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Intel Pentium Gold G6500 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Ryzen 5 3580U
Intel Pentium Gold G6500 AMD Ryzen 5 3580U

CPU comparison

Intel Pentium Gold G6500 or AMD Ryzen 5 3580U - 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 G6500 has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.10 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold G6500 was released in Q2/2020.

The AMD Ryzen 5 3580U has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 3580U was released in Q1/2019.
Intel Pentium (150) Family AMD Ryzen 5 (78)
Intel Pentium G6000 (12) CPU group AMD Ryzen 3000U (10)
10 Generation 2
Comet Lake S Architecture Picasso (Zen+)
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
Intel Pentium Gold G5500 Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium Gold G6500 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 4.10 GHz. The AMD Ryzen 5 3580U has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.10 GHz (3.70 GHz).

Intel Pentium Gold G6500 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 3580U
2 Cores 4
4 Threads 8
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
4.10 GHz Frequency 2.10 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.70 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.00 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 G6500 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 3580U
-- 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 630 GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 9 (Raven Ridge)
0.35 GHz GPU frequency 1.30 GHz
1.10 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
9.5 GPU Generation 8
14 nm Technology 14 nm
3 Max. displays 3
24 Compute units 9
192 Shader 576
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
64 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 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.

Intel HD Graphics 630 GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 9 (Raven Ridge)
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
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Pentium Gold G6500 supports a maximum of 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 3580U can connect up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Intel Pentium Gold G6500 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 3580U
DDR4-2666 Memory DDR4-2400
128 GB Max. Memory 32 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
42.7 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
Yes ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
16 PCIe lanes 12
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Pentium Gold G6500 has a TDP of 58 W, that of the AMD Ryzen 5 3580U is 15 W.

Intel Pentium Gold G6500 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 3580U
58 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up 35 W
-- TDP down 12 W
100 °C Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium Gold G6500 has a 4.00 MB cache, while the AMD Ryzen 5 3580U cache has a total of 4.00 MB.

Intel Pentium Gold G6500 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 3580U
14 nm Technology 12 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 1200 Socket FP5
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
Q2/2020 Release date Q1/2019
90 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

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 G6500 Intel Pentium Gold G6500
2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
1060 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3580U AMD Ryzen 5 3580U
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
727 (69%)

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 G6500 Intel Pentium Gold G6500
2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
2232 (87%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3580U AMD Ryzen 5 3580U
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
2579 (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.
Intel Pentium Gold G6500 Intel Pentium Gold G6500
2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
424 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3580U AMD Ryzen 5 3580U
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
360 (85%)

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 G6500 Intel Pentium Gold G6500
Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz
422 (28%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3580U AMD Ryzen 5 3580U
AMD Radeon RX Vega 9 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.30 GHz
1498 (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 G6500 Intel Pentium Gold G6500
2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
4166 (58%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3580U AMD Ryzen 5 3580U
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
7196 (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 G6500 Intel Pentium Gold G6500
2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
171 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3580U AMD Ryzen 5 3580U
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
141 (82%)

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 G6500 Intel Pentium Gold G6500
2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
427 (69%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3580U AMD Ryzen 5 3580U
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
620 (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 G6500 Intel Pentium Gold G6500
2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
890 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3580U AMD Ryzen 5 3580U
4C 8T @ 3.70 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 G6500 Intel Pentium Gold G6500
2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
1863 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3580U AMD Ryzen 5 3580U
4C 8T @ 3.00 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 G6500 Intel Pentium Gold G6500
2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3580U AMD Ryzen 5 3580U
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
1483 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Pentium Gold G6500 AMD Ryzen 5 3580U
Unknown Microsoft Surface Laptop 3

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