Intel Pentium Gold G7400 vs Intel Pentium Gold G6500

Processor comparisons   11-01-2022
   You may have difficulties with the choice of a CPU, you will solve them by reading the detailed tests Intel Pentium Gold G7400 vs Intel Pentium Gold G6500 and decide which is better for games or simple use for rendering, programming, video editing, streaming, machine learning. Here is useful information from various benchmarks or real streaming and video editing tests. A careful analysis of all the technical characteristics, to make it easier to read, is presented in the form of the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of parallel examination in special test applications like GeekBench 6, 5.2, Blender, 7zip, Blender, PCMark 10, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), Prime95, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Furmark, UserBenchmark, MATLAB, Gears 5, RealBench, 3DMark, VeraCrypt, Handbrake, AIDA64, WPrime, PassMark, Dolphin Emulator, SuperPi.
   And how good the processors are in games:

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

After looking at the data of joint benchmarks and videos, you can already make an briefed decision about which CPU is better to buy for gaming Intel Pentium Gold G6500 or Intel Pentium Gold G7400.

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 G7400

51%

Pentium Gold G6500

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Pentium Gold G7400

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 play games. Because this processor costs several tens of thousands of dollars. And if it seems to you that the selected CPU has a low game result, look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the summary table below.
List of other games in which processors were compared: NBA 2K20, Forza Horizon 4, Metro Exodus, Hitman 3, Monster Hunter World, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Microsoft Flight Simulator, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Half-Life: Alyx, Battlefield V, Control, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Ghostrunner, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Horizon Zero Dawn, DOTA 2A, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), League of Legends (LOL).

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	90.5	90.3
Valorant	102.8	102.6
Cyberpunk 2077	57.6	57.5
Apex Legends	96.6	96.5
Call of Duty Warzone	77.1	77.0
Overwatch	83.3	83.1
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.9	70.8
DOOM Eternal	51.4	51.3
Warzone	80.2	80.1
Assassin's Creed	86.3	86.2
Valheim	85.3	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 tested computers not only did they have 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. 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 G7400

56%

Pentium Gold G6500

59%

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 Pentium Gold G6500 is more energy efficient than the Pentium Gold G7400 as it consumes less power: 46W 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

If you plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for programming, streaming, video editing or video rendering, machine learning, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, the CPU turns on all threads and cores that it has to the maximum to achieve maximum efficiency. You will find out this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to check whether the program 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 turns out to be unnecessary.
Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	Intel Pentium Gold G7400	Intel Pentium Gold G6500
Cinbench 15 Single-core	180	171
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	454	427
Cinbench 20 Single-core	449	424
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	1021	964
Cinbench 23 Single-core	667	628
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2251	2125

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

	Intel Pentium Gold G7400	Intel Pentium Gold G6500
Single-Core	2746	2592
Multi-Core	4447	4200

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

	Intel Pentium Gold G7400	Intel Pentium Gold G6500
Single-Core	786	1030
Multi-Core	2407	2280

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most helpful 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 can be said about overclocking. When the processor can be overclocked, increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS in new games. Accordingly, there is no longer a need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The economy are obvious!

	Intel Pentium Gold G7400	Intel Pentium Gold G6500
Announcement date	January 07, 2022	October 01, 2020
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	FCLGA1700	FCLGA1200
Core name	Alder Lake	Comet Lake
Architecture	x86	x86
Generation	11	10
Turbo Frequency
Frequency	4.3 MHz	4.1 MHz
Cores	2	2
Threads	4	4
Bus rate	8 GT/s	8 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	7 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	4600 millions	2460 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	46 W	58 W
Memory type	Up to DDR5 4800 MT/s Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s	DDR4-2666
Max. Memory	128 Gb	128 Gb
Memory Frequency
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	41.6 GB/s
L1 cache
L2 cache	2.5 MB
L3 cache	6 MB	4 MB
Overclocking	No	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	0x4693

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Pentium Gold G7400 is 4% better than Pentium Gold G6500 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 G7400 is better: 29
The number of parameters for which Intel Pentium Gold G6500 is better: 1
All the number in the table above do not mean that you should be guided entirely by them and trust a simple quantitative comparison. Be sure to watch benchmarks video and read the reviews of real owners of Intel Pentium Gold G7400 and Intel Pentium Gold G6500 before making a choice which processor to buy for gaming and which not.

Intel Pentium Gold G7400 - all data

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

• Intel Pentium Gold G7400 specs and review.

• Intel Pentium Gold G6500 specs and review.