Pentium Gold 6405U vs Celeron J3455

Aggregate performance score

Celeron J3455
2016
4 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
1.47
Pentium Gold 6405U
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
1.80
+22.4%

Pentium Gold 6405U outperforms Celeron J3455 by a significant 22% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron J3455 and Pentium Gold 6405U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking21872025
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.16no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesIntel CeleronIntel Comet Lake
Power efficiency13.4010.94
Architecture codenameApollo Lake (2014−2016)Comet Lake-U (2019−2020)
Release date30 August 2016 (8 years ago)31 October 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$107$161

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Celeron J3455 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.5 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz2.4 GHz
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
Multiplier15no data
L1 cacheno data256 KB
L2 cache2 MB1 MB
L3 cache0 KB2 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron J3455 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketFCBGA1296FCBGA1528
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron J3455 and Pentium Gold 6405U. 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)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Smart Connect-no data
HD Audio+no data
RST-no data

Security technologies

Celeron J3455 and Pentium Gold 6405U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDB++
Secure Boot+no data
Secure Key++
Identity Protection++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guard-+
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron J3455 and Pentium Gold 6405U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron J3455 and Pentium Gold 6405U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3L/LPDDR3 up to 1866 MT/s; LPDDR4 up to 2400 MT/sDDR4
Maximum memory size8 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data37.5 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics 500Intel® UHD Graphics for 10th Gen Intel® Processors
Max video memory8 GB32 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video++
Clear Video HD++
Graphics max frequency750 MHz950 MHz
Execution Units12no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron J3455 and Pentium Gold 6405U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
DVIno data+
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron J3455 and Pentium Gold 6405U 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 Celeron J3455 and Pentium Gold 6405U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX+12
OpenGL+4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron J3455 and Pentium Gold 6405U.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes612
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports8no data
Integrated LAN-no data
UART+no data

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.47 1.80
Recency 30 August 2016 31 October 2019
Physical cores 4 2
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 15 Watt

Celeron J3455 has 100% more physical cores, and 50% lower power consumption.

Pentium Gold 6405U, on the other hand, has a 22.4% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 3 years.

The Pentium Gold 6405U is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron J3455 in performance tests.

Note that Celeron J3455 is a desktop processor while Pentium Gold 6405U is a notebook one.


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