Intel Pentium Gold G5600 Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-04-20

The Intel Pentium Gold G5600 has 2 cores with 4 threads and is based on the 8. gen of the Intel Pentium series. The processor uses a mainboard with the LGA 1151 socket and was released in Q2/2018. The Intel Pentium Gold G5600 scores 983 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 2,190 points.

CPU lineage
The segment in which we have classified the Intel Pentium Gold G5600. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the Intel Pentium Gold G5600.
Name:	Intel Pentium Gold G5600
Family:	Intel Pentium
CPU group:	Intel Pentium G5000
Architecture:	Coffee Lake S
Segment:	Desktop / Server
Generation:	8
Predecessor:	Intel Pentium G4600
Successor:	Intel Pentium Gold G6600

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium Gold G5600 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium Gold G5600 is 3.90 GHz. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads:	2 / 4
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	2x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	3.90 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	--
Turbo Frequency (2 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.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

The Intel Pentium Gold G5600 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Pentium Gold G5600 uses the Intel UHD Graphics 630, which has 192 texture shaders and 24 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name:	Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU frequency:	0.35 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	1.10 GHz
Compute units:	24
Shader:	192
Max. GPU Memory:	64 GB

Max. displays:	3
Generation:	9.5
Direct X:	12
Technology:	14 nm
Release date:	Q4/2017

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.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	Decode / Encode
h264:	Decode / Encode
VP8:	Decode / Encode
VP9:	Decode / Encode

AV1:	No
AVC:	Decode / Encode
VC-1:	Decode
JPEG:	Decode / Encode

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 64 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 38.4 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

DDR4-2400	38.4 GB/s
Max. Memory:	64 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	Yes
PCIe:	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth:	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 54 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	54 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	--

Technical details

The Intel Pentium Gold G5600 is made in 14 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 4.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology:	14 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	LGA 1151
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	4.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux

Virtualization:	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release date:	Q2/2018
Release price:	--
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Pentium Gold G5600
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Pentium Gold G5600 have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

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 Core i5-5675C 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	986
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus 8C 8T @ 3.10 GHz	985
	Intel Core i7-5930K 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	984
	Intel Pentium Gold G5600 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	983
	Intel Pentium Gold G5600F 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	983
	Intel Core i7-6700 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	983
	Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	983

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 Core i5-2300 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	2199
	MediaTek Kompanio 828 8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz	2198
	Intel Celeron N5095A 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	2197
	Intel Pentium Gold G5600 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	2190
	Intel Pentium Gold G5600F 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	2190
	Intel Pentium Gold G6400 2C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	2184
	AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 6C 6T @ 3.30 GHz	2182

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 Core i5-5250U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	845
	Intel Core i3-7100U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	841
	Intel Core i5-4258U 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	838
	Intel Pentium Gold G5600 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	837
	Intel Pentium Gold G5600F 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	837
	Intel Xeon D-1540 8C 16T @ 2.60 GHz	837
	AMD EPYC 7501 32C 64T @ 3.00 GHz	837

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 Core i5-6200U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	1867
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	1864
	Intel Pentium Gold G6500 2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	1863
	Intel Pentium Gold G5600 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	1860
	Intel Pentium Gold G5600F 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	1860
	Intel Core i5-3340S 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	1859
	Intel Core i3-4130T 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	1859

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 Core i5-7500 Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz	422
	Intel Core i5-7600T Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz	422
	Intel Core i7-6700T Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.10 GHz	422
	Intel Pentium Gold G5600 Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz	422
	AMD Athlon Silver Pro 3125GE AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.10 GHz	422
	AMD Athlon Gold Pro 3150G AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.10 GHz	422
	AMD Athlon Gold 3150GE AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.10 GHz	422

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.


	Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G 8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz	3911
	Intel Celeron J6412 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	3908
	Intel Core i7-2675QM 4C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	3892
	Intel Pentium Gold G5600 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	3885
	Intel Pentium Gold G5600F 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	3885
	Intel Atom x6425E 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	3885
	AMD A10-7400P 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	3883

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.


	AMD Ryzen 5 3400G 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	169
	Intel Core i5-8300H 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	169
	Intel Core i7-4790K 4C 8T @ 4.40 GHz	169
	Intel Pentium Gold G5600 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	168
	Intel Pentium Gold G5600F 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	168
	Intel Core i5-10210U 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	168
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	168

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.


	AMD Phenom II X6 1045T 6C 6T @ 3.20 GHz	433
	Intel Xeon Bronze 3104 6C 6T @ 1.70 GHz	432
	Intel Pentium Gold G6500 2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	427
	Intel Pentium Gold G5600 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	425
	Intel Pentium Gold G5600F 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	425
	Intel Core i3-7100 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	425
	Intel Core i7-7567U 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	423

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,398 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,371 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,646 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,597 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
1,925 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
478 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,319 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,102 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,097 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
941 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
937 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
825 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
836 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

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