Pentium Gold G6400 vs Athlon 3000G: which is better

Intel Pentium Gold G6400 (desktop, 2020) against AMD Athlon 3000G (desktop, 2019): benchmarks, games, specs and current prices.

Key differences

Athlon 3000G is 9% faster in multi-threaded work (PassMark 4,435 vs 4,064).
Pentium Gold G6400 is 25% faster per core.
Athlon 3000G has a lower TDP: 35 W vs 58 W.
Different sockets (LGA1200 and AM4): they need different motherboards.

Open the full duel

	Pentium Gold G6400	Athlon 3000G
Overall score	5.6	6.2
PassMark CPU Mark	4,064	4,435
Single-thread rating	2,427	1,946
US price	from $99	no current price
Cores	2	2
Threads	4	4
Base clock	4.0 GHz	3.5 GHz
Max boost	4.0 GHz	3.5 GHz
L3 cache	4 MB	4 MB
TDP	58 W	35 W
Max power	58 W	35 W
Memory	DDR4	DDR4
Memory speed	2666 MT/s	2667 MT/s
PCI Express	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 3.0
Socket	LGA1200	AM4
Process	14 nm (Intel)	14 nm (GlobalFoundries)
Architecture	Comet Lake	Zen
Series	Pentium Gold	Athlon
Release year	2020	2019
Integrated graphics	UHD Graphics 610	Radeon Vega 3

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