AMD Athlon PRO 200U vs Intel Pentium Gold G6500

Processor comparisons   23-03-2021
   For example you are thinking about choosing a CPU, you will be able to make a decision by looking at the AMD Athlon PRO 200U vs Intel Pentium Gold G6500 tests and understand which is better for games or normal use for video editing, rendering, machine learning, streaming, programming. Here is useful information from many benchmarks or real streaming and video editing tests. A thorough analysis of all the technical characteristics, to make it easier to read, is made by the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of joint testing in synthetic type tests like World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, Blender, Blender, 7zip, MATLAB, PassMark, PCMark 10, VeraCrypt, Gears 5, Prime95, WPrime, RealBench, AIDA64, GeekBench 6, 5.2, Furmark, Dolphin Emulator, 3DMark, UserBenchmark, SuperPi, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Handbrake, Cinebench 23 (20, 15).
   Gaming performance of CPUs in:

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

After looking at the data these benchmarks and videos, you can already make an briefed decision about which processor is better to buy for gaming Intel Pentium Gold G6500 or AMD Athlon PRO 200U.

Summary benchmark results

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

Athlon PRO 200U

51%

Pentium Gold G6500

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Athlon PRO 200U

51%

Pentium Gold G6500

51%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor currently available. 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 low game result, look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the final table below.
List of other games in which CPU comparisons were performed: Microsoft Flight Simulator, NBA 2K20, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Control, Monster Hunter World, DOTA 2A, Ghostrunner, Battlefield V, Hitman 3, League of Legends (LOL), Half-Life: Alyx, Metro Exodus, Horizon Zero Dawn, Forza Horizon 4, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	89.8	90.3
Valorant	102.0	102.6
Cyberpunk 2077	57.1	57.5
Apex Legends	95.9	96.5
Call of Duty Warzone	76.5	77.0
Overwatch	82.6	83.1
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.4	70.8
DOOM Eternal	51.0	51.3
Warzone	79.6	80.1
Assassin's Creed	85.7	86.2
Valheim	84.7	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 comparisons not only were the equipped with different amounts of RAM and different video cards. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, FullHD or 4K. So the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. You will get more accurate information about how powerful the processor will be in games, if you get acquainted with the benchmarks that are made with the same video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Athlon PRO 200U

185%

Pentium Gold G6500

59%

To make a final resolution on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. The newer the processor generation, the better its performance in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Athlon PRO 200U is more energy efficient than the Pentium Gold G6500 since it has less power consumption: 15W vs. 58W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, you need to know its TDP. It is necessary to calculate so that the TDP data specified in the cooler specification is greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

If you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for machine learning, video rendering or video editing, programming, streaming, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, the CPU uses all cores and threads that it has to the maximum to reach maximum performance. You will find out this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to make sure that the program that you are going to use on your computer can work in multi-threaded mode. Since there are still many programs that can use only one core to work, and all the benefit of multi-core mode turns out to be unnecessary.
Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	AMD Athlon PRO 200U	Intel Pentium Gold G6500
Cinbench 15 Single-core	131	171
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	366	427
Cinbench 20 Single-core	308	424
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	772	964
Cinbench 23 Single-core	489	628
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2355	2125

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

	AMD Athlon PRO 200U	Intel Pentium Gold G6500
Single-Core	1748	2592
Multi-Core	4150	4200

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

	AMD Athlon PRO 200U	Intel Pentium Gold G6500
Single-Core	835	1030
Multi-Core	1728	2280

Comparison of specifications

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

	AMD Athlon PRO 200U	Intel Pentium Gold G6500
Announcement date	October 01, 2019	October 01, 2020
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Socket	FP5	FCLGA1200
Core name	Raven Ridge	Comet Lake
Architecture	Zen	x86
Generation	1	10
Turbo Frequency	3.2 MHz
Frequency	2.3 MHz	4.1 MHz
Cores	2	2
Threads	4	4
Bus rate		8 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	1600 millions	2460 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	15 W	58 W
Memory type		DDR4-2666
Max. Memory		128 Gb
Memory Frequency	2400
Memory bandwidth		41.6 GB/s
L1 cache	192KB
L2 cache	1MB
L3 cache	4MB	4 MB
Overclocking	No	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	YM200UC4T2OFB

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Pentium Gold G6500 is 43% better than Athlon PRO 200U 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 PRO 200U is better: 7
The number of parameters for which Intel Pentium Gold G6500 is better: 27
Although it should be realized that all the data in the table above do not mean that taking them into account you should entirely trust a simple quantitative comparison. Better to watch the video tests and read the opinion of real owners of AMD Athlon PRO 200U and Intel Pentium Gold G6500 before deciding which CPU to buy for gaming and which not.

AMD Athlon PRO 200U - all data

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

• AMD Athlon PRO 200U specs and review.

• Intel Pentium Gold G6500 specs and review.