Pentium Gold G6405 vs Atom x5-Z8300

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Aggregate performance score

Atom x5-Z8300
2015
4 cores / 4 threads
0.51
Pentium Gold G6405
2021
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.67
+424%

Pentium Gold G6405 outperforms Atom x5-Z8300 by a whopping 424% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Atom x5-Z8300 and Pentium Gold G6405 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28651708
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Series5x Intel Atomno data
Power efficiencyno data4.36
Architecture codenameCherry Trail (2015−2016)Comet Lake-R (2021)
Release date2 March 2015 (9 years ago)16 March 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$64

Detailed specifications

Atom x5-Z8300 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.44 GHz4.1 GHz
Boost clock speed1.84 GHz4.1 GHz
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB256 KB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature90 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Atom x5-Z8300 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketUTFCBGA592FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)no data15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Pentium Gold G6405. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Atom x5-Z8300 and Pentium Gold G6405 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Boot+no data
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Pentium Gold G6405 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Pentium Gold G6405. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size2 GB128 GB
Max memory channels12
Maximum memory bandwidth12.8 GB/s41.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail) (200 - 500 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 610
Max video memory2 GB64 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequency500 MHz1.05 GHz
Execution Units12no data
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom x5-Z8300 and Pentium Gold G6405 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported23

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Pentium Gold G6405 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.41920x10804096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Pentium Gold G6405 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Pentium Gold G6405.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes116
USB revision3.0no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Atom x5-Z8300 0.51
Pentium Gold G6405 2.67
+424%

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.

Atom x5-Z8300 814
Pentium Gold G6405 4244
+421%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Atom x5-Z8300 131
Pentium Gold G6405 844
+544%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Atom x5-Z8300 354
Pentium Gold G6405 1724
+387%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.51 2.67
Integrated graphics card 0.77 1.89
Recency 2 March 2015 16 March 2021
Physical cores 4 2

Atom x5-Z8300 has 100% more physical cores.

Pentium Gold G6405, on the other hand, has a 423.5% higher aggregate performance score, 145.5% faster integrated GPU, and an age advantage of 6 years.

The Pentium Gold G6405 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom x5-Z8300 in performance tests.

Be aware that Atom x5-Z8300 is a notebook processor while Pentium Gold G6405 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Atom x5-Z8300 and Pentium Gold G6405, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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