AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE vs Intel Pentium Gold G6605

Processor comparisons   24-05-2021
   For example you are thinking about choosing a processor, you will be able to make a decision by looking at the AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE vs Intel Pentium Gold G6605 tests and decide which is better for games or normal use for rendering, video editing, machine learning, programming, streaming. Here is useful information from real streaming and video editing tests or different benchmarks. A thorough review of all the specifications, so that it can be easier to understand, is summarized in the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint testing in special test applications such as SuperPi, Prime95, DaVinci Resolve Studio, 7zip, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), PassMark, AIDA64, Handbrake, PCMark 10, MATLAB, RealBench, VeraCrypt, Furmark, Blender, Dolphin Emulator, WPrime, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, Blender, Gears 5, UserBenchmark, GeekBench 6, 5.2, 3DMark.
   Gaming performance of processors in:

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

After looking at the data of joint benchmarks and videos, you already be able to figure out which processor is better to buy for gaming Intel Pentium Gold G6605 or AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE.

Summary benchmark results

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

Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE

51%

Pentium Gold G6605

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE

51%

Pentium Gold G6605

51%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor at the moment. And of course, this is a server processor, on which no one will run games. Because the cost of this processor reaches several tens of thousands of dollars. Therefore, if you think that the selected CPU has a small 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 processors were compared: Monster Hunter World, Horizon Zero Dawn, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Forza Horizon 4, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Battlefield V, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Metro Exodus, Ghostrunner, NBA 2K20, Hitman 3, Control, Microsoft Flight Simulator, League of Legends (LOL), Half-Life: Alyx, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), DOTA 2A, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	90.1	90.4
Valorant	102.3	102.7
Cyberpunk 2077	57.3	57.5
Apex Legends	96.2	96.5
Call of Duty Warzone	76.8	77.0
Overwatch	82.9	83.2
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.6	70.9
DOOM Eternal	51.2	51.3
Warzone	79.8	80.1
Assassin's Creed	86.0	86.3
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 comparing not only were the equipped with different video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: FullHD, 2K 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 get acquainted with the benchmarks that are made with the same video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE

92%

Pentium Gold G6605

43%

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 Silver PRO 3125GE is more energy efficient than the Pentium Gold G6605 as it consumes less power: 35W vs. 58W. Power consumption is particularly 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

Let's say you plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for programming, video editing or video rendering, streaming, machine learning, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to reach maximum performance, the CPU turns on all cores and threads that it has. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to check whether the software you are going to use on your computer supports multi-threaded mode. Because 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 Silver PRO 3125GE	Intel Pentium Gold G6605
Cinbench 15 Single-core	86	174
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	452	436
Cinbench 20 Single-core	216	432
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	983	983
Cinbench 23 Single-core	556	641
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2676	2168

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

	AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE	Intel Pentium Gold G6605
Single-Core	2087	2644
Multi-Core	4715	4284

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

	AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE	Intel Pentium Gold G6605
Single-Core	966	756
Multi-Core	2021	2318

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the processor release date and overclocking capability will be the most useful. The later the processor is released, the longer it will last in your computer. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system in the future. The same can be said about overclocking. When the processor can be overclocked, increasing its performance, then it will still be able to produce maximum FPS even in the newest games. It turns out that there is no longer a need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The economy are obvious!

	AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE	Intel Pentium Gold G6605
Announcement date	July 21, 2020	October 01, 2020
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	AM4	FCLGA1200
Core name	Dali	Comet Lake
Architecture	Zen	x86
Generation	1	10
Turbo Frequency	3.4 MHz
Frequency	3.4 MHz	4.3 MHz
Cores	2	2
Threads	4	4
Bus rate		8 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	12 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	1400 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	No	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	YD3125C6M2OFH

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Pentium Gold G6605 is 20% better than Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE 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 Silver PRO 3125GE is better: 11
The number of parameters for which Intel Pentium Gold G6605 is better: 23
However, it should be understood that the summary data in the text above do not mean that taking them into account you should completely trust a simple comparison of these numbers. Better to watch the video tests and read the reviews of real owners of AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE and Intel Pentium Gold G6605 before making a selection which CPU to buy for gaming and which not.

AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE - all data

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

• AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE 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.