Pentium Gold G6405 vs Athlon 64 X2 TK-42

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Contents

Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 Athlon 64 X2 TK-42
Pentium Gold G6405 Pentium Gold G6405

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Pentium Gold G6405 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot rated1618
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data25.64
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Series2x AMD Athlon 64no data
Architecture codenameTyler (2007−2009)Comet Lake-R (2021)
Release date1 November 2009 (14 years ago)16 March 2021 (3 years ago)
Current price$66 $92

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Pentium Gold G6405 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads24
Base clock speedno data4.1 GHz
Boost clock speed1.6 GHz4.1 GHz
Bus support1600 MHzno data
L1 cache0 MB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB256 KB (per core)
L3 cacheno data4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature95 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Pentium Gold G6405 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1
SocketSocket S1FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Pentium Gold G6405. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP), MMX, PowerNow, SSE3,-64, Enhanced 3DNowIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NIno data+
AVXno data+
PowerNow+no data
VirusProtect+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSXno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
SIPPno data-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Statusno dataLaunched

Security technologies

Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Pentium Gold G6405 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protectionno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Pentium Gold G6405 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Pentium Gold G6405. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-2666
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data41.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics 610
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Videono data+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.05 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Pentium Gold G6405 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Pentium Gold G6405 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Pentium Gold G6405 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Pentium Gold G6405.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 577
Pentium Gold G6405 4251
+637%

Pentium Gold G6405 outperforms Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 by 637% in Passmark.

Pros & cons summary

Recency 1 November 2009 16 March 2021
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 65 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 15 Watt

We couldn't decide between Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Pentium Gold G6405. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 is a notebook processor while Pentium Gold G6405 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Pentium Gold G6405, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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