Intel Pentium Gold G6505T vs AMD A8-3870K

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Intel Pentium Gold G6505T CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD A8-3870K
Intel Pentium Gold G6505T AMD A8-3870K

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Intel Pentium Gold G6505T and the AMD A8-3870K and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Intel Pentium Gold G6505T 2 core processor released in Q1/2021 with the AMD A8-3870K which has 4 CPU cores and was introduced in Q4/2011.
Intel Pentium (150) Family AMD A (112)
Intel Pentium G6000 (12) CPU group AMD A8-3000 (4)
10 Generation 1
Comet Lake S Architecture Llano (K10)
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium Gold G6505T is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.60 GHz. The processor can compute 4 threads at the same time. The AMD A8-3870K clocks with 3.10 GHz, has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel.

Intel Pentium Gold G6505T Characteristic AMD A8-3870K
2 Cores 4
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? Yes
3.60 GHz Frequency 3.10 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
-- 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 G6505T Characteristic AMD A8-3870K
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- 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.

Intel HD Graphics 630 GPU AMD Radeon HD 6550D
0.35 GHz GPU frequency 0.60 GHz
1.10 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
9.5 GPU Generation 3
14 nm Technology 32 nm
3 Max. displays 2
24 Compute units 5
192 Shader 400
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
64 GB Max. GPU Memory 1 GB
12 DirectX Version 11

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 HD 6550D
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

Up to 128 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the Intel Pentium Gold G6505T, while the AMD A8-3870K supports a maximum of GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 25.6 GB/s enabled.

Intel Pentium Gold G6505T Characteristic AMD A8-3870K
DDR4-2666 Memory DDR3-1600
128 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
42.7 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 25.6 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 Intel Pentium Gold G6505T has a TDP of 35 W. The TDP of the AMD A8-3870K is 100 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Intel Pentium Gold G6505T Characteristic AMD A8-3870K
35 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 100 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
25 W TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Pentium Gold G6505T has 4.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 14 nm. The cache of AMD A8-3870K is at 4.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 32 nm.

Intel Pentium Gold G6505T Characteristic AMD A8-3870K
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 SSE3, SSE4a
LGA 1200 Socket FM1
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2021 Release date Q4/2011
90 $ Release price 80 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 0 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium Gold G6505T (0%)
AMD A8-3870K (0%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium Gold G6505T (100%)
AMD A8-3870K (95%)

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 G6505T Intel Pentium Gold G6505T
Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz
422 (88%)
AMD A8-3870K AMD A8-3870K
AMD Radeon HD 6550D @ 0.60 GHz
480 (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 G6505T Intel Pentium Gold G6505T
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
3860 (100%)
AMD A8-3870K AMD A8-3870K
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
3684 (95%)

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 G6505T Intel Pentium Gold G6505T
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
910 (100%)
AMD A8-3870K AMD A8-3870K
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
0 (0%)

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 G6505T Intel Pentium Gold G6505T
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
2002 (100%)
AMD A8-3870K AMD A8-3870K
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
0 (0%)

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 G6505T Intel Pentium Gold G6505T
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
788 (100%)
AMD A8-3870K AMD A8-3870K
4C 4T @ 3.10 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 G6505T Intel Pentium Gold G6505T
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
1745 (100%)
AMD A8-3870K AMD A8-3870K
4C 4T @ 3.10 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 G6505T Intel Pentium Gold G6505T
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD A8-3870K AMD A8-3870K
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
176 (100%)

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 G6505T Intel Pentium Gold G6505T
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD A8-3870K AMD A8-3870K
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
666 (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 G6505T Intel Pentium Gold G6505T
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD A8-3870K AMD A8-3870K
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
77 (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.
Intel Pentium Gold G6505T Intel Pentium Gold G6505T
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD A8-3870K AMD A8-3870K
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
302 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Pentium Gold G6505T AMD A8-3870K
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