AMD Athlon PRO 300U vs Intel Pentium Gold G6500

Processor comparisons   23-03-2021
   For example you have difficulties with the choice of a CPU, you will solve them by reading the comprehensive tests AMD Athlon PRO 300U vs Intel Pentium Gold G6500 and see which is better for games or normal use for video editing, streaming, machine learning, programming, rendering. Here is useful information from various benchmarks or real video editing and streaming tests. A careful review of all the specifications, so that it can be easier to understand, is made by the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of parallel examination in software tests like AIDA64, DaVinci Resolve Studio, WPrime, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, PassMark, UserBenchmark, Handbrake, SuperPi, Dolphin Emulator, Blender, PCMark 10, Gears 5, MATLAB, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), Blender, 7zip, Prime95, 3DMark, VeraCrypt, GeekBench 6, 5.2, Furmark, RealBench.
   And how good the CPUs are in games:

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

After reading the results these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to know which processor is better to buy for gaming Intel Pentium Gold G6500 or AMD Athlon PRO 300U.

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 300U

51%

Pentium Gold G6500

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Athlon PRO 300U

51%

Pentium Gold G6500

51%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor at the moment. And it is clear that this is a server processor, on which no one will run games. Because this processor costs 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 less popular games in which CPU comparisons were performed: Shadow of the Tomb Raider, NBA 2K20, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Monster Hunter World, Hitman 3, Half-Life: Alyx, Forza Horizon 4, Metro Exodus, Control, DOTA 2A, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Battlefield V, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Horizon Zero Dawn, Microsoft Flight Simulator, League of Legends (LOL), Ghostrunner, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	90.0	90.3
Valorant	102.3	102.6
Cyberpunk 2077	57.3	57.5
Apex Legends	96.2	96.5
Call of Duty Warzone	76.7	77.0
Overwatch	82.9	83.1
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.6	70.8
DOOM Eternal	51.1	51.3
Warzone	79.8	80.1
Assassin's Creed	85.9	86.2
Valheim	84.9	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 video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, FullHD or 4K. Therefore, 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 compare it in one assembly with the video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Athlon PRO 300U

165%

Pentium Gold G6500

59%

To make a finishing choice 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 300U 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. And TDP should be taken into account when choosing a processor cooling system. 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

Let's say you plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for streaming, programming, video rendering or video editing, machine learning, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to achieve maximum performance, the CPU turns on all threads and cores that it has. You will find out this data from the benchmark tables below. Before you take into account the data from these tests, be sure to check whether the software you are going to use on your computer supports multi-threaded mode. Since there are still many programs that use only one core to work, and all the advantages 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 PRO 300U	Intel Pentium Gold G6500
Cinbench 15 Single-core	140	171
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	392	427
Cinbench 20 Single-core	330	424
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	826	964
Cinbench 23 Single-core	523	628
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2520	2125

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

	AMD Athlon PRO 300U	Intel Pentium Gold G6500
Single-Core	1870	2592
Multi-Core	4441	4200

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

	AMD Athlon PRO 300U	Intel Pentium Gold G6500
Single-Core	746	1030
Multi-Core	1978	2280

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most useful will be the release date of the processor and the possibility of overclocking it. The newer the processor, the longer it will last you. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system later. The same benefits from the presence of overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, increasing its performance, then it will still be able to produce maximum FPS in new games. Accordingly, you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The savings are obvious!

	AMD Athlon PRO 300U	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	3.3 MHz
Frequency	2.4 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	384KB
L2 cache	1MB
L3 cache	4MB	4 MB
Overclocking	No	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	YM300BC4T2OFG n/a

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Pentium Gold G6500 is 41% better than Athlon PRO 300U 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 300U is better: 8
The number of parameters for which Intel Pentium Gold G6500 is better: 26
However, it should be realized that all the data in the text above do not mean that you should be guided entirely by them and trust a simple comparison of these figures. Be sure to watch benchmarks video and read the opinion of real owners of AMD Athlon PRO 300U and Intel Pentium Gold G6500 before deciding which processor to buy for gaming and which not.

AMD Athlon PRO 300U - all data

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

• AMD Athlon PRO 300U specs and review.

• Intel Pentium Gold G6500 specs and review.