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Intel Pentium Gold G6600 vs AMD A10-6800K. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q2/2020
Intel Pentium Gold G6600
Intel Pentium Gold G6600
Released
Q2/2013
Overall score
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AMD A10-6800K
AMD A10-6800K

What's the best choice Intel Pentium Gold G6600 or AMD A10-6800K? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Intel Pentium Gold G6600 has a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. 2 Cores. Power consumption of 58 W. Released in Q2/2020.

AMD A10-6800K has a maximum frequency of 4.10 GHz. 4 Cores. Power consumption of 100 W. Released in Q2/2013.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    880 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 2% better clock speed

    4.20 GHz left arrow 4.10 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    58 W left arrow 100 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Pentium Gold G6600 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    269 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    239 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    592 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    792 place
AMD A10-6800K Reasons to consider
AMD A10-6800K
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1150 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    About 2 times more cores

    4 left arrow 2

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD A10-6800K CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    932 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    777 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1084 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1094 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    542 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    110 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    557 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    484 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    352 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    473 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    846 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Pentium Gold G6600 Intel Pentium Gold G6600
AMD A10-6800K AMD A10-6800K
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    Intel Pentium left arrow AMD A
  • Generation
    10 left arrow 3
  • CPU group
    Intel Pentium G6000 left arrow AMD A10-6000
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    4.20 GHz left arrow 4.10 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    2 left arrow 4
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    No turbo left arrow 4.40 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    4 left arrow 4
  • Hyperthreading
    Yes left arrow No
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    Intel HD Graphics 630 left arrow AMD Radeon HD 8670D
  • GPU frequency
    0.35 GHz left arrow 0.84 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    1.10 GHz left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    24 left arrow 6
  • Shader
    192 left arrow 384
  • Max. GPU Memory
    64 GB left arrow 2 GB
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow 2
  • Generation
    9.5 left arrow 5
  • DirectX Version
    12 left arrow 11.2
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 32 nm
  • Release date
    Q2/2016 left arrow Q2/2013
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A10-6800K and Intel Pentium Gold G6600. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-2666 left arrow DDR3-2133
  • Max. Memory
    128 GB left arrow
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow
  • PCIe lanes
    16 left arrow
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Pentium Gold G6600 and AMD A10-6800K to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    58 W left arrow 100 W
  • Tjunction max.
    100 °C left arrow --
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Pentium Gold G6600 and Intel Pentium Gold G6600, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow AMD-V
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
  • L3-Cache
    4.00 MB left arrow 4.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Comet Lake S left arrow Richland (Piledriver)
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 32 nm
  • Socket
    LGA 1200 left arrow FM2
  • Release date
    Q2/2020 left arrow Q2/2013

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Pentium Gold G6600 and AMD A10-6800K.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
176
Intel Pentium Gold G6600
74
AMD A10-6800K
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
437
Intel Pentium Gold G6600
272
AMD A10-6800K
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games
422
Intel Pentium Gold G6600
648
AMD A10-6800K

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