Pentium Gold 6405U vs Atom C3708

Primary details

Comparing Atom C3708 and Pentium Gold 6405U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Atom	Intel Comet Lake
Architecture codename	Goldmont (2016−2017)	Comet Lake-U (2019−2020)
Release date	15 August 2017 (7 years ago)	31 October 2019 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$209	$161

Detailed specifications

Atom C3708 and Pentium Gold 6405U 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	8 (Octa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	8	4
Base clock speed	1.7 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.7 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus rate	no data	4 GT/s
Multiplier	17	no data
L1 cache	448 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	16 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	16 MB	2 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	100 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Atom C3708 and Pentium Gold 6405U 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
Socket	FCBGA1310	FCBGA1528
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom C3708 and Pentium Gold 6405U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
QuickAssist	+	no data
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Status	Launched	Discontinued

Security technologies

Atom C3708 and Pentium Gold 6405U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom C3708 and Pentium Gold 6405U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom C3708 and Pentium Gold 6405U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4: 2133	DDR4
Maximum memory size	256 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.134 GB/s	37.5 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	Intel® UHD Graphics for 10th Gen Intel® Processors
Max video memory	no data	32 GB
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Clear Video	no data	+
Clear Video HD	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	950 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom C3708 and Pentium Gold 6405U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	no data	3
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+
DVI	no data	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom C3708 and Pentium Gold 6405U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	no data	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDP	no data	4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Atom C3708 and Pentium Gold 6405U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	12
OpenGL	no data	4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom C3708 and Pentium Gold 6405U.

PCIe version	3	2.0
PCI Express lanes	16	12
USB revision	3	no data
Total number of SATA ports	16	no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	16	no data
Number of USB ports	8	no data
Integrated LAN	4x10/2.5/1 GBE	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	15 August 2017	31 October 2019
Physical cores	8	2
Threads	8	4
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	15 Watt

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