Pentium Gold G5400 vs Atom 330

Primary details

Comparing Atom 330 and Pentium Gold G5400 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	1758
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	5.74
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Atom	Intel Pentium Gold
Architecture codename	Diamondville (2008−2009)	Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date	2 April 2008 (16 years ago)	2 April 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$43	$64

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Atom 330 and Pentium Gold G5400 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.1 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus type	FSB	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	533.33 MT/s	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	12	37
L1 cache	112 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Die size	51.9276 mm2	126 mm2
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	72 °C
Number of transistors	94 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
VID voltage range	0.9V-1.1625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Atom 330 and Pentium Gold G5400 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	PBGA437	FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)	8 Watt	58 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom 330 and Pentium Gold G5400. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	-	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	Launched

Security technologies

Atom 330 and Pentium Gold G5400 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	no data	+
MPX	-	+
Identity Protection	-	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom 330 and Pentium Gold G5400 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	+
VT-x	-	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom 330 and Pentium Gold G5400. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size	8 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	-	Intel UHD Graphics 610
Max video memory	-	64 GB
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Clear Video	-	+
Clear Video HD	-	+
Graphics max frequency	-	1.05 GHz
InTru 3D	-	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom 330 and Pentium Gold G5400 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

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3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom 330 and Pentium Gold G5400 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	-	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	-	4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDP	-	4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	-	4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Atom 330 and Pentium Gold G5400 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	-	12
OpenGL	-	4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom 330 and Pentium Gold G5400.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	16

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 April 2008	2 April 2018
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	8 Watt	58 Watt

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