Pentium Gold G6405 vs i5-1038G7

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-1038G7 and Pentium Gold G6405 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1703
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Ice Lakeno data
Power efficiencyno data4.35
Architecture codenameIce Lake U (2019−2020)Comet Lake-R (2021)
Release date4 May 2020 (4 years ago)16 March 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$64

Detailed specifications

Core i5-1038G7 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)
Threads84
Base clock speed2 GHz4.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz4.1 GHz
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
L1 cache192 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB256 KB (per core)
L3 cache6 MB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography10 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-1038G7 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 configurationno data1
Socketno dataFCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)28 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-1038G7 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)no data+
Turbo Boost Technology+-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Core i5-1038G7 and Pentium Gold G6405 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-1038G7 and Pentium Gold G6405 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-1038G7 and Pentium Gold G6405. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-2666
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data41.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)Intel UHD Graphics 610
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.05 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-1038G7 and Pentium Gold G6405 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-1038G7 and Pentium Gold G6405 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-1038G7 and Pentium Gold G6405 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-1038G7 and Pentium Gold G6405.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 5.41 1.89
Recency 4 May 2020 16 March 2021
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 10 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 28 Watt 15 Watt

i5-1038G7 has 186.2% faster integrated GPU, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium Gold G6405, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 months, and 86.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core i5-1038G7 and Pentium Gold G6405. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Core i5-1038G7 is a notebook processor while Pentium Gold G6405 is a desktop one.


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