Intel Pentium Gold 5405U vs Core i3-6006U

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Combined performance score

i3-6006U
1.48

Pentium Gold 5405U outperforms Core i3-6006U by 3% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Core i3-6006U and Pentium Gold 5405U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking20291996
Place by popularity83not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i3Intel Pentium, Pentium Gold
Architecture codenameSkylake (2015−2016)Whiskey Lake-U (2018−2019)
Release date10 November 2016 (7 years old)23 January 2019 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$281$161
Current price$452 (1.6x MSRP)$500 (3.1x MSRP)

Technical specs

Core i3-6006U 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 speed2 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz2.3 GHz
L1 cache128 KB128 KB
L2 cache512 KB512 KB
L3 cache3 MB2 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size98.57 mm210.3 mm × 9.57 mmno data
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Number of transistors1750 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Core i3-6006U 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
SocketFCBGA1356FCBGA1528
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i3-6006U and Pentium Gold 5405U. 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)++
Speed Shift++
My WiFi++
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX--
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access++
SIPP-no data
Smart Response++
StatusDiscontinuedDiscontinued

Security technologies

Core i3-6006U and Pentium Gold 5405U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++
Secure Key++
MPX+no data
Identity Protection++
SGXYes with Intel® MEYes with Intel® ME
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i3-6006U and Pentium Gold 5405U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i3-6006U and Pentium Gold 5405U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size32 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth34.1 GB/s37.5 GB/s
ECC memory support--

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics 520Intel® UHD Graphics for 8th Generation Intel® Processors
Max video memory32 GB32 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video++
Clear Video HD++
Graphics max frequency900 MHz950 MHz
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i3-6006U and Pentium Gold 5405U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
DVI++

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i3-6006U and Pentium Gold 5405U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support++
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hz4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hz4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hz4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i3-6006U and Pentium Gold 5405U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX1212
OpenGL4.54.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i3-6006U and Pentium Gold 5405U.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes1212

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.

i3-6006U 1.48
Pentium Gold 5405U 1.53
+3.4%

Pentium Gold 5405U outperforms Core i3-6006U by 3% in our combined benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

i3-6006U 2280
Pentium Gold 5405U 2357
+3.4%

Pentium Gold 5405U outperforms Core i3-6006U by 3% in Passmark.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

i3-6006U 3227
Pentium Gold 5405U 3561
+10.3%

Pentium Gold 5405U outperforms Core i3-6006U by 10% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

i3-6006U 7364
Pentium Gold 5405U 7886
+7.1%

Pentium Gold 5405U outperforms Core i3-6006U by 7% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

i3-6006U 24.3
Pentium Gold 5405U 22.53
+7.9%

Core i3-6006U outperforms Pentium Gold 5405U by 8% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

i3-6006U 2
Pentium Gold 5405U 3
+9.6%

Pentium Gold 5405U outperforms Core i3-6006U by 10% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

i3-6006U 215
Pentium Gold 5405U 233
+8.6%

Pentium Gold 5405U outperforms Core i3-6006U by 9% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

i3-6006U 84
Pentium Gold 5405U 93
+10.8%

Pentium Gold 5405U outperforms Core i3-6006U by 11% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

i3-6006U 0.96
Pentium Gold 5405U 1.06
+10.4%

Pentium Gold 5405U outperforms Core i3-6006U by 10% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i3-6006U 1.2
Pentium Gold 5405U 1.4
+12.5%

Pentium Gold 5405U outperforms Core i3-6006U by 13% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i3-6006U 1808
Pentium Gold 5405U 1904
+5.3%

Pentium Gold 5405U outperforms Core i3-6006U by 5% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i3-6006U 75
Pentium Gold 5405U 82
+10.3%

Pentium Gold 5405U outperforms Core i3-6006U by 10% in x264 encoding pass 1.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i3-6006U 14
Pentium Gold 5405U 16
+10.6%

Pentium Gold 5405U outperforms Core i3-6006U by 11% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Geekbench 2

Benchmark coverage: 5%

i3-6006U 4501
Pentium Gold 5405U 5080
+12.9%

Pentium Gold 5405U outperforms Core i3-6006U by 13% in Geekbench 2.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 1.48 1.53
Recency 10 November 2016 23 January 2019
Cost $281 $161

We couldn't decide between Core i3-6006U and Pentium Gold 5405U. The differences in performance seem too small.


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