AMD Ryzen 5 5600U vs Intel Pentium Gold G5400. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 5000U Intel Pentium G5000
• Family
  Ryzen Intel Pentium
• Form Factor
  Laptops / Desktops -
• Generation
  4 8
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Series
  Ryzen 5000 Series -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2.3 GHz 3.7 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  6 2
• CPU Threads
  12 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Max. Boost Clock
  4.2 GHz -
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.2 GHz No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  3.6 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - No turbo

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

• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Execution units
  7 12
• Generation
  9 9.5
• GPU Frequency
  1800 MHz 350 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon Graphics Intel HD Graphics 610
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1050 MHz
• Graphics Cores
  7 -
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 32 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2020 Q3/2016
• Shader
  448 96
• Technology
  7 nm 14 nm

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Pentium Gold G5400 and AMD Ryzen 5 5600U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4 - Up to 3200 / LPDDR4 - Up to 4266 DDR4-2400
• PCIe
  PCIe 3.0 -
• PCIe lanes
  12 16
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 5600U and Intel Pentium Gold G5400 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Configurable TDP
  10-25 W -
• Default TDP
  15 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  105 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 54 W
• TDP down
  10 W -
• TDP up
  25 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5600U and Intel Pentium Gold G5400, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cezanne (Zen 3) Coffee Lake S
• Codename
  Cezanne -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L2-Cache
  3 MB -
• L3-Cache
  16 MB 4 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  100-000000287 -
• Operating systems
  Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit -
• Release date
  2021-01-12 Q2/2018
• Socket
  FP6 LGA 1151
• Technology
  TSMC 7nm FinFET 14 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d