Intel Pentium Gold G6400 vs AMD Athlon Gold 3150C

Processor comparisons   11-09-2022
   For example you are thinking about choosing a processor, you will be able to make a decision after reading the full tests Intel Pentium Gold G6400 vs AMD Athlon Gold 3150C and understand which is better for games or normal use for rendering, streaming, machine learning, video editing, programming. Here you can find all 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 read, is made by the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint testing in special testing software such as 3DMark, VeraCrypt, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), Blender, Handbrake, PassMark, Dolphin Emulator, Furmark, GeekBench 6, 5.2, UserBenchmark, PCMark 10, MATLAB, Gears 5, RealBench, Prime95, AIDA64, SuperPi, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, WPrime, 7zip, Blender.
   Gaming performance of CPUs in:

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

After reading the results these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to figure out which CPU is better to buy for gaming AMD Athlon Gold 3150C or Intel Pentium Gold G6400.

Summary benchmark results

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

Pentium Gold G6400

51%

Athlon Gold 3150C

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Pentium Gold G6400

51%

Athlon Gold 3150C

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 other games in which CPU comparisons were performed: Metro Exodus, Horizon Zero Dawn, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Control, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Half-Life: Alyx, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Ghostrunner, Battlefield V, NBA 2K20, Monster Hunter World, Hitman 3, DOTA 2A, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, League of Legends (LOL), Forza Horizon 4.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	90.4	89.8
Valorant	102.7	102.1
Cyberpunk 2077	57.5	57.2
Apex Legends	96.5	95.9
Call of Duty Warzone	77.0	76.6
Overwatch	83.2	82.7
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.8	70.4
DOOM Eternal	51.3	51.0
Warzone	80.1	79.6
Assassin's Creed	86.3	85.7
Valheim	85.2	84.7

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. Therefore, 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

Pentium Gold G6400

65%

Athlon Gold 3150C

177%

To make a final decision 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 Gold 3150C is more energy efficient than the Pentium Gold G6400 since it has less power consumption: 58W vs. 15W. Power consumption is particularly important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, it will be useful to know its TDP. 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

For example 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, to reach maximum performance, the CPU uses all threads and cores that it has. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using 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. Since there are still many programs that use only one core to work, 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

	Intel Pentium Gold G6400	AMD Athlon Gold 3150C
Cinbench 15 Single-core	166	140
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	416	350
Cinbench 20 Single-core	415	208
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	953	761
Cinbench 23 Single-core	623	431
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2103	2071

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

	Intel Pentium Gold G6400	AMD Athlon Gold 3150C
Single-Core	2441	1974
Multi-Core	4155	3650

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

	Intel Pentium Gold G6400	AMD Athlon Gold 3150C
Single-Core	1138	798
Multi-Core	2313	1788

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most helpful will be the the possibility of overclocking it and release date of the processor. 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, thereby increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS in new games. The economy are obvious! It turns out that there is no longer a need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	Intel Pentium Gold G6400	AMD Athlon Gold 3150C
Announcement date	June 24, 2020	September 22, 2020
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Socket	FCLGA1200	FP5
Core name	Comet Lake	Dali
Architecture	x86	Zen
Generation	10	1
Turbo Frequency		3.3 MHz
Frequency	4 MHz	2.4 MHz
Cores	2	2
Threads	4	4
Bus rate	8 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	2600 millions	1400 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	58 W	15 W
Memory type	DDR4-2666	DDR4
Max. Memory	128 Gb
Memory Frequency		2400
Memory bandwidth	41.6 GB/s
L1 cache		192KB
L2 cache		1MB
L3 cache	4 MB	4MB
Overclocking	No	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	Expansion Options	YM315CC4T2OFG

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Pentium Gold G6400 is 40% better than Athlon Gold 3150C 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 Intel Pentium Gold G6400 is better: 27
The number of parameters for which AMD Athlon Gold 3150C is better: 7
However, it should be realized that all the number in the text above do not mean that taking them into account you should fully trust a simple quantitative comparison. Be sure to watch the video tests and read the reviews of real owners of Intel Pentium Gold G6400 and AMD Athlon Gold 3150C before deciding which CPU to buy for gaming and which not.

Intel Pentium Gold G6400 - all data

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

• Intel Pentium Gold G6400 specs and review.

AMD Athlon Gold 3150C - all data

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

• AMD Athlon Gold 3150C specs and review.