AMD Athlon 320GE vs Intel Pentium Gold G6605

Processor comparisons   23-03-2021
   For example you can't decide which CPU to buy, you can make a choice after reading the detailed tests AMD Athlon 320GE vs Intel Pentium Gold G6605 and understand which is better for games or simple use for programming, video editing, rendering, machine learning, streaming. Here is all information from different benchmarks or real streaming and video editing tests. A careful review of all the specifications, to make it easier to understand, is presented in the form of the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of joint testing in special test applications like Blender, Dolphin Emulator, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), Prime95, PCMark 10, Gears 5, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, WPrime, VeraCrypt, GeekBench 6, 5.2, Blender, AIDA64, Handbrake, 7zip, RealBench, SuperPi, UserBenchmark, DaVinci Resolve Studio, MATLAB, PassMark, Furmark, 3DMark.
   Gaming performance of processors in:

Fortnite
Borderlands 3
Death Stranding
Cyberpunk 2077
DOOM: Eternal
Overwatch
Apex Legends
Valheim
Grand Theft Auto V
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Valorant
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Rainbow Six Siege
Last Man Standing
Red Dead Redemption 2
Fallout 76
Watch Dogs Legion
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone
Halo Infinite

After looking at the data these benchmarks and videos, you can already make an informed decision about which processor is better to buy for gaming Intel Pentium Gold G6605 or AMD Athlon 320GE.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Athlon 320GE

51%

Pentium Gold G6605

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Athlon 320GE

51%

Pentium Gold G6605

51%

For the maximum in this test, the results of the most powerful processor in the site database are taken. And it is clear that this is a server processor, on which no one will play games. Because the cost of this processor reaches several tens of thousands of dollars. Therefore, if you think that the selected CPU has a little game result, just look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the summary table below.
List of other games in which CPU comparisons were performed: Shadow of the Tomb Raider, DOTA 2A, Control, Forza Horizon 4, Metro Exodus, Battlefield V, Horizon Zero Dawn, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), NBA 2K20, Hitman 3, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Ghostrunner, Monster Hunter World, League of Legends (LOL), Half-Life: Alyx.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	90.3	90.4
Valorant	102.6	102.7
Cyberpunk 2077	57.5	57.5
Apex Legends	96.5	96.5
Call of Duty Warzone	77.0	77.0
Overwatch	83.1	83.2
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.8	70.9
DOOM Eternal	51.3	51.3
Warzone	80.1	80.1
Assassin's Creed	86.2	86.3
Valheim	85.2	85.2

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The computers participating in the comparing not only were the equipped with different amounts of RAM and different video cards. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 4K, 2K or FullHD. So the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. To be sure exactly how much performance the processor will be in games, if you compare it in one assembly with the video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Athlon 320GE

93%

Pentium Gold G6605

43%

To make a finishing resolution on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. It is clear that the newer the generation, the better the performance of the processor in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Athlon 320GE is more energy efficient than the Pentium Gold G6605 since it has less power consumption: 35W vs. 58W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. And TDP should be taken into account when choosing a processor cooling system. You need to buy a cooler that has the TDP data specified in the specification was greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

If you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for video rendering or video editing, programming, machine learning, streaming, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, the processor includes all threads and cores that it has to the maximum to reach maximum efficiency. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before you take into account the data from these tests, be sure to find out whether the program that you are going to use on your computer can work in multi-threaded mode. Because there are still many programs that use only one core to run, and all the benefit of multi-core mode are unused.
Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	AMD Athlon 320GE	Intel Pentium Gold G6605
Cinbench 15 Single-core	93	174
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	490	436
Cinbench 20 Single-core	234	432
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	1068	983
Cinbench 23 Single-core	603	641
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2903	2168

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Athlon 320GE	Intel Pentium Gold G6605
Single-Core	2181	2644
Multi-Core	5116	4284

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Athlon 320GE	Intel Pentium Gold G6605
Single-Core	980	756
Multi-Core	2274	2318

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the processor release date and overclocking capability will be the most helpful. The later the processor is released, the longer it will last you. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system later. The same can be said about overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, increasing its performance, then it will still be able to produce maximum FPS in new games. It turns out that you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The economy are obvious!

	AMD Athlon 320GE	Intel Pentium Gold G6605
Announcement date	July 07, 2019	October 01, 2020
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	AM4	FCLGA1200
Core name	Picasso	Comet Lake
Architecture	Zen+	x86
Generation	2	10
Turbo Frequency
Frequency	3.5 MHz	4.3 MHz
Cores	2	2
Threads	4	4
Bus rate		8 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	2200 millions	2460 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	35 W	58 W
Memory type	DDR4	DDR4-2666
Max. Memory		128 Gb
Memory Frequency	2667
Memory bandwidth		41.6 GB/s
L1 cache	192KB
L2 cache	1MB
L3 cache	4MB	4 MB
Overclocking	Yes	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	YD32GEC6M2OFH YD32GEC6FHBOX

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Pentium Gold G6605 is 18% better than Athlon 320GE in terms of CPU frequency. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which AMD Athlon 320GE is better: 11
The number of parameters for which Intel Pentium Gold G6605 is better: 17
However, it should be understood that all the data that you have looked at here do not mean that taking them into account you should totally trust a simple quantitative comparison. Better to watch the video tests and read the opinion of of people who bought AMD Athlon 320GE and Intel Pentium Gold G6605 before making a choice which processor to buy for gaming and which not.

AMD Athlon 320GE - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• AMD Athlon 320GE specs and review.

Intel Pentium Gold G6605 - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• Intel Pentium Gold G6605 specs and review.