Intel Pentium Gold G5420 @ 3.80GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Pentium Gold G5420 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

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The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
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Intel Pentium Gold G5420 @ 3.80GHz

Description: Intel UHD Graphics 610

Class: Desktop

Socket: FCLGA1151-2

Clockspeed: 3.8 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 4

Typical TDP: 54 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 4 MB

Other names: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Gold G5420 CPU @ 3.80GHz, Intel Pentium Gold G5420 CPU @ 3.80GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2019

CPUmark/$Price: 93.56

Overall Rank:
2912th fastest in multithreading out of 6042 CPUs
1694th fastest in single threading out of 6042 CPUs
769th fastest in out of 1595 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $40.07 USD (2026-10-04)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

3749

Single Thread Rating

2205

Samples: 190*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 5,268
Thread: 2,248

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Pentium Gold G5420 @ 3.80GHz

Integer Math	12,956 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	8,169 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	15 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	7,270 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	1,423 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	57,002 KBytes/Sec
Physics	319 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,642 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	2,205 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th of October 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium Gold G5420 @ 3.80GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 7th of October 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th of October 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
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	$40.07 USD	Buy Now!

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 7th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,191
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,056
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		34,287
Apple M4 10 Core		23,570
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,821
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,538
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,025
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,649
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,647
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,120
Intel Pentium Gold G5420 @ 3.80GHz		3,749

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 7th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		173.01
Intel Core i9-14900K		154.77
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		147.45
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.12
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		107.15
Intel Pentium Gold G5420 @ 3.80GHz		93.56
Intel Core i9-13900K		92.45
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		80.56
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 7th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,690
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,595
Apple M4 10 Core		4,491
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,881
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		3,761
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,672
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,485
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,366
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,908
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,557
Intel Pentium Gold G5420 @ 3.80GHz		2,205

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium Gold G5420 @ 3.80GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3756062 - Oct 03 2026		4084
BL3730489 - Sep 21 2026		3936
BL3708877 - Sep 11 2026		4024
BL3704320 - Sep 09 2026		3900
BL3687345 - Sep 01 2026		4054

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium Gold G5420 @ 3.80GHz
As of 7th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium Gold G5420 @ 3.80GHz		3,749
AMD A10-6800K APU vs Intel Pentium Gold G5420		3,152 (-15.9%)
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs Intel Pentium Gold G5420		3,005 (-19.9%)
Intel Core i5-4430 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Pentium Gold G5420		4,672 (+24.6%)
Intel Core i3-7100 @ 3.90GHz vs Intel Pentium Gold G5420		4,314 (+15.1%)
Intel Core i5-2500 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Pentium Gold G5420		4,092 (+9.1%)
AMD Athlon X4 845 vs Intel Pentium Gold G5420		3,754 (+0.1%)
AMD FX-6100 Six-Core vs Intel Pentium Gold G5420		3,709 (-1.1%)
Intel Core i5-2310 @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Pentium Gold G5420		3,652 (-2.6%)
Intel Core i3-4150 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Pentium Gold G5420		3,393 (-9.5%)
AMD A10-6790K APU vs Intel Pentium Gold G5420		3,112 (-17.0%)
AMD Athlon X4 870K vs Intel Pentium Gold G5420		3,467 (-7.5%)
AMD A10-5800B APU vs Intel Pentium Gold G5420		3,003 (-19.9%)

Is the Intel Pentium Gold G5420 @ 3.80GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 7th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		15,463
AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D		12,519
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,385
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,103
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 9755X3D		12,028
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,259
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,689
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,512
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus		10,504
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,378
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,353
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,054
Intel Pentium Gold G5420 @ 3.80GHz		642

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