Pentium Gold 6405U vs Atom x7-Z8700

Primary details

Comparing Atom x7-Z8700 and Pentium Gold 6405U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2594	2047
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	7x Intel Atom	Intel Comet Lake
Power efficiency	no data	10.85
Architecture codename	Cherry Trail (2015−2016)	Comet Lake-U (2019−2020)
Release date	2 March 2015 (9 years ago)	31 October 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$161

Detailed specifications

Atom x7-Z8700 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus rate	no data	4 GT/s
Multiplier	16	no data
L1 cache	no data	256 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	2 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	100 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Atom x7-Z8700 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	UTFCBGA1380	FCBGA1528
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom x7-Z8700 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)	no data	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+

Security technologies

Atom x7-Z8700 and Pentium Gold 6405U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom x7-Z8700 and Pentium Gold 6405U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom x7-Z8700 and Pentium Gold 6405U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4
Maximum memory size	8 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	37.5 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail) (200 - 600 MHz)	Intel UHD Graphics for 10th Gen Intel Processors
Max video memory	8 GB	32 GB
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Clear Video	no data	+
Clear Video HD	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	600 MHz	950 MHz
Execution Units	16	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom x7-Z8700 and Pentium Gold 6405U integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom x7-Z8700 and Pentium Gold 6405U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	no data	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	3840x2160	4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDP	2560x1600	4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Atom x7-Z8700 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 x7-Z8700 and Pentium Gold 6405U.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	2	12
USB revision	3.0	no data
Number of USB ports	3	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.83	1.72
Integrated graphics card	0.77	5.58
Recency	2 March 2015	31 October 2019
Physical cores	4	2

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