Pentium Gold 5405U vs Atom S1220

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Primary details

Comparing Atom S1220 and Pentium Gold 5405U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2153
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Pentium, Pentium Gold
Power efficiencyno data9.34
Architecture codenameCenterton (2012)Whiskey Lake-U (2018−2019)
Release date11 December 2012 (11 years ago)23 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$161

Detailed specifications

Atom S1220 and Pentium Gold 5405U 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)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.6 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed1.6 GHz2.3 GHz
Bus typeno dataOPI
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
Multiplierno data23
L1 cache56 KB (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)256 KB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Atom S1220 and Pentium Gold 5405U 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCBGA1283FCBGA1528
Power consumption (TDP)8.1 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom S1220 and Pentium Gold 5405U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
My WiFino data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technology++
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Smart Responseno data+

Security technologies

Atom S1220 and Pentium Gold 5405U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom S1220 and Pentium Gold 5405U are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom S1220 and Pentium Gold 5405U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size8 GB64 GB
Max memory channels12
Maximum memory bandwidth10.6 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics for 8th Generation Intel Processors
Max video memoryno data32 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data950 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom S1220 and Pentium Gold 5405U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
DVIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom S1220 and Pentium Gold 5405U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Atom S1220 and Pentium Gold 5405U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom S1220 and Pentium Gold 5405U.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes812
PCI supportPCI Supportno data
UARTUARTno data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 December 2012 23 January 2019
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 8 Watt 15 Watt

Atom S1220 has 87.5% lower power consumption.

Pentium Gold 5405U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Atom S1220 and Pentium Gold 5405U. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Atom S1220 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium Gold 5405U is a notebook one.


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