AMD E-300
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AMD E-300 vs Intel Pentium Gold G6420. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q3/2011
AMD E-300
AMD E-300
Released
Q1/2021
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Intel Pentium Gold G6420
Intel Pentium Gold G6420

What's the best choice AMD E-300 or Intel Pentium Gold G6420? Which processor is faster?

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

AMD E-300 has a maximum frequency of 1.30 GHz. 2 Cores. Power consumption of 18 W. Released in Q3/2011.

Intel Pentium Gold G6420 has a maximum frequency of 4.00 GHz. 2 Cores. Power consumption of 58 W. Released in Q1/2021.

Differences

AMD E-300 Reasons to consider
AMD E-300
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1746 left arrow score
  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    18 W left arrow 58 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD E-300 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1489 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1555 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1616 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    912 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    916 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    758 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    788 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    1387 place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 68% better clock speed

    4.00 GHz left arrow 1.30 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Pentium Gold G6420 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    301 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    603 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD E-300 AMD E-300
Intel Pentium Gold G6420 Intel Pentium Gold G6420
CPU family and group

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

  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    AMD E left arrow Intel Pentium
  • Generation
    1 left arrow 10
  • CPU group
    AMD E/E1/E2-1000 left arrow Intel Pentium G6000
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
    1.30 GHz left arrow 4.00 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    2 left arrow 2
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • CPU Threads
    2 left arrow 4
  • Turbo (2 Cores)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Hyperthreading
    No left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • 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
    AMD Radeon HD 6310 left arrow Intel HD Graphics 610
  • GPU frequency
    0.49 GHz left arrow 0.35 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow 1.05 GHz
  • Execution units
    1 left arrow 12
  • Shader
    80 left arrow 96
  • Max. GPU Memory
    1 GB left arrow 32 GB
  • Max. displays
    2 left arrow 3
  • Generation
    3 left arrow 9.5
  • DirectX Version
    11 left arrow 12
  • Technology
    40 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Release date
    Q4/2010 left arrow Q3/2016
Hardware codec support

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Pentium Gold G6420 and AMD E-300. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR3-1066 left arrow DDR4-2400
  • Max. Memory
    left arrow 64 GB
  • ECC
    No left arrow Yes
  • Memory channels
    1 left arrow 2
  • PCIe version
    left arrow 3.0
  • PCIe lanes
    left arrow 16
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD E-300 and Intel Pentium Gold G6420 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    18 W left arrow 58 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD E-300 and AMD E-300, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2
  • L3-Cache
    1.00 MB left arrow 4.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Zacate (Bobcat) left arrow Comet Lake S
  • Technology
    32 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Socket
    BGA 413 left arrow LGA 1151
  • Release date
    Q3/2011 left arrow Q1/2021

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD E-300 and Intel Pentium Gold G6420.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

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