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Intel Pentium Gold G6600 Benchmark, Test and specs

Name: Intel Pentium Gold G6600
Brand: Intel
Rating: 3 (1 reviews)

Last updated: 2023-04-20

The Intel Pentium Gold G6600 has 2 cores with 4 threads and is based on the 10. gen of the Intel Pentium series. The processor uses a mainboard with the LGA 1200 socket and was released in Q2/2020. The Intel Pentium Gold G6600 scores 1,082 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 2,415 points.

At a glance
Name:	Intel Pentium Gold G6600
Family:	Intel Pentium (150)
CPU group:	Intel Pentium G6000 (12)
Architecture:	Comet Lake S
Technology:	14 nm
Segment:	Desktop
Generation:	10
Predecessor:	Intel Pentium Gold G5600
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium Gold G6600 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium Gold G6600 is 4.20 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:	4.20 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	--
Turbo Frequency (2 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.

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Pentium Gold G6600 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Pentium Gold G6600 uses the Intel HD 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 HD Graphics 630
GPU frequency:	0.35 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	1.10 GHz
Compute units:	24
Shader:	192
Hardware Raytracing:	No
Release date:	Q2/2016

Max. displays:	3
Generation:	9.5
Direct X:	12
Technology:	14 nm
Max. GPU Memory:	64 GB
Frame Generation:	No

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 128 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 42.7 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

DDR4-2666	42.7 GB/s
Max. Memory:	128 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 58 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):	58 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium Gold G6600 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 1200
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:	Q2/2020
Release price:	103 $
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Pentium Gold G6600
2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Pentium Gold G6600 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 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 is a partial load benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. In the single-core test, only the fastest CPU core is measured. The test run simulates the performance in practice.


	Intel Xeon E5-2695 v3 14C 28T @ 3.30 GHz	936
	Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3 8C 16T @ 2.90 GHz	922
	Intel Core i5-4590T 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	917
	Intel Pentium Gold G6600 2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	916
	Intel Pentium Gold G6505 2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	916
	Intel Core i3-4130T 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	916
	Intel Xeon D-1541 8C 16T @ 2.70 GHz	913

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

The practical Geekbench 6 multi-core benchmark tests the system's performance under partial load. The processor's maximum power consumption is far from being used up.


	Intel Pentium Gold G6605 2C 4T @ 4.30 GHz	2085
	Intel Core i5-3550S 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	2082
	Intel Core i5-2550k 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	2010
	Intel Pentium Gold G6600 2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	1977
	Intel Pentium Gold G6505 2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	1977
	Intel Core i5-3340 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	1977
	AMD Athlon 300GE 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	1972

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 i5-9400 6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz	1085
	AMD Athlon Gold PRO 4150GE 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	1084
	Intel Xeon Platinum 8180 28C 56T @ 3.80 GHz	1083
	Intel Pentium Gold G6600 2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	1082
	Intel Core i5-4690K 4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	1082
	Intel Pentium Gold G6505 2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	1082
	Intel Xeon Gold 6254 18C 36T @ 4.00 GHz	1082

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 i7-965 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	2420
	Intel Core i5-2450P 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	2418
	Intel Core i7-2600S 4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	2418
	Intel Pentium Gold G6600 2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	2415
	Intel Pentium Gold G6505 2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	2415
	Intel Core i5-3450S 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	2410
	Intel Core i5-3340 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	2402

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 Core i3-10105F 4C 8T @ 4.40 GHz	441
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2920X 12C 24T @ 4.30 GHz	439
	AMD Ryzen 3 3100 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	437
	Intel Pentium Gold G6600 2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	433
	Intel Core i5-7600K 4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	433
	Microsoft XBox Series X 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	431
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24C 48T @ 4.20 GHz	431

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.


	AMD A8-6500 AMD Radeon HD 8570D @ 0.84 GHz	432
	AMD A8-6600K AMD Radeon HD 8570D @ 0.84 GHz	432
	AMD FX-7500 AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Kaveri) @ 0.55 GHz	425
	Intel Pentium Gold G6600 Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz	422
	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 i5-7500T Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 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.


	Intel Core i5-3450 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	4480
	Intel Pentium Gold G6605 2C 4T @ 4.30 GHz	4445
	Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3 6C 6T @ 1.90 GHz	4431
	Intel Pentium Gold G6600 2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	4400
	Intel Core i3-6320 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	4400
	Intel Pentium Gold G6505 2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	4400
	AMD FX-4200 4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	4395

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 7 2700X 8C 16T @ 4.30 GHz	177
	Intel Core i7-5960X 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	177
	Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	177
	Intel Pentium Gold G6600 2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	176
	Intel Core i3-10300T 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	176
	Intel Core i7-8700T 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	176
	Intel Core i3-7320 2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	176

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 Core i5-4430 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	448
	Intel Core i3-7320 2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	447
	AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 6C 6T @ 3.30 GHz	446
	Intel Pentium Gold G6600 2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	437
	Intel Core i3-7300 2C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	436
	Intel Core i5-4690T 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	433
	AMD Phenom II X6 1045T 6C 6T @ 3.20 GHz	433

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,886 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,820 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,510 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,477 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
665 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,155 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,457 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,110 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,106 entries

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