Pentium Gold G6405 vs Celeron 6305

Aggregate performance score

Celeron 6305
2020
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
1.31
Pentium Gold G6405
2021
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.67
+104%

Pentium Gold G6405 outperforms Celeron 6305 by a whopping 104% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron 6305 and Pentium Gold G6405 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking22601707
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Tiger Lakeno data
Power efficiency8.264.36
Architecture codenameTiger Lake-U (2020)Comet Lake-R (2021)
Release date1 September 2020 (4 years ago)16 March 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$64

Detailed specifications

Celeron 6305 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads24
Base clock speedno data4.1 GHz
Boost clock speed1.8 GHz4.1 GHz
Bus rate4 GT/s8 GT/s
L1 cache160 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache2.5 MB256 KB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography10 nm SuperFin14 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 6305 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 configuration11
SocketFCBGA1449FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 6305 and Pentium Gold G6405. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Celeron 6305 and Pentium Gold G6405 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
SGX-Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 6305 and Pentium Gold G6405 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 6305 and Pentium Gold G6405. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size64 GB128 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data41.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel® ProcessorsIntel UHD Graphics 610
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HD++
Graphics max frequency1.25 GHz1.05 GHz
Execution Units48no data
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 6305 and Pentium Gold G6405 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported43

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron 6305 and Pentium Gold G6405 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@60Hz4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hz4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort7680x4320@60Hz4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron 6305 and Pentium Gold G6405 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12.112
OpenGL4.64.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 6305 and Pentium Gold G6405.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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.

Celeron 6305 1.31
Pentium Gold G6405 2.67
+104%

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.

Celeron 6305 2080
Pentium Gold G6405 4244
+104%

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.

Celeron 6305 750
Pentium Gold G6405 844
+12.5%

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.

Celeron 6305 1264
Pentium Gold G6405 1724
+36.4%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.31 2.67
Recency 1 September 2020 16 March 2021
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 10 nm 14 nm

Celeron 6305 has a 40% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium Gold G6405, on the other hand, has a 103.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 months, and 100% more threads.

The Pentium Gold G6405 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron 6305 in performance tests.

Be aware that Celeron 6305 is a notebook processor while Pentium Gold G6405 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron 6305 and Pentium Gold G6405, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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