Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y vs Core i5-6360U

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Combined performance score

i5-6360U
2.02
+94.2%

Core i5-6360U outperforms Pentium Gold 4415Y by 94% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Core i5-6360U and Pentium Gold 4415Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking17922295
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i5Intel Pentium, Pentium Gold
Architecture codenameSkylake (2015−2016)Kaby Lake (2016−2019)
Release date1 September 2015 (8 years old)4 June 2017 (6 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$304$161
Current priceno data$548 (3.4x MSRP)

Technical specs

Core i5-6360U and Pentium Gold 4415Y 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 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.1 GHz1.6 GHz
L1 cache128 KB128 KB
L2 cache512 KB512 KB
L3 cache4 MB2 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-6360U and Pentium Gold 4415Y 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
SocketFCBGA1356FCBGA1515
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-6360U and Pentium Gold 4415Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.1
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
eDRAM64 MBno data
Speed Shiftno data+
My WiFi++
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX+-
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access++
SIPP+-
Smart Response++
StatusDiscontinuedLaunched

Security technologies

Core i5-6360U and Pentium Gold 4415Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-6360U and Pentium Gold 4415Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-6360U and Pentium Gold 4415Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR3, DDR3
Maximum memory size32 GB16 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth34.1 GB/s29.8 GB/s
ECC memory support--

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel Iris Graphics 540Intel HD Graphics 615
Max video memory32 GB16 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video++
Clear Video HD++
Graphics max frequency1 GHz850 MHz
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-6360U and Pentium Gold 4415Y integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-6360U and Pentium Gold 4415Y 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 i5-6360U and Pentium Gold 4415Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX1212
OpenGL4.54.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-6360U and Pentium Gold 4415Y.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1210

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.

i5-6360U 2.02
+94.2%
Pentium Gold 4415Y 1.04

Core i5-6360U outperforms Pentium Gold 4415Y by 94% in our combined benchmark results.


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%

i5-6360U 4846
+92.2%
Pentium Gold 4415Y 2521

Core i5-6360U outperforms Pentium Gold 4415Y by 92% 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%

i5-6360U 10525
+88.4%
Pentium Gold 4415Y 5586

Core i5-6360U outperforms Pentium Gold 4415Y by 88% 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%

i5-6360U 18.4
+68.9%
Pentium Gold 4415Y 31.07

Pentium Gold 4415Y outperforms Core i5-6360U by 69% 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%

i5-6360U 3
+87.8%
Pentium Gold 4415Y 2

Core i5-6360U outperforms Pentium Gold 4415Y by 88% 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%

i5-6360U 309
+88.4%
Pentium Gold 4415Y 164

Core i5-6360U outperforms Pentium Gold 4415Y by 88% 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%

i5-6360U 125
+92.3%
Pentium Gold 4415Y 65

Core i5-6360U outperforms Pentium Gold 4415Y by 92% 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%

i5-6360U 1.41
+88%
Pentium Gold 4415Y 0.75

Core i5-6360U outperforms Pentium Gold 4415Y by 88% 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%

i5-6360U 1.8
+1700%
Pentium Gold 4415Y 0.1

Core i5-6360U outperforms Pentium Gold 4415Y by 1700% 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%

i5-6360U 1923
+32.2%
Pentium Gold 4415Y 1455

Core i5-6360U outperforms Pentium Gold 4415Y by 32% 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%

i5-6360U 109
+86.3%
Pentium Gold 4415Y 58

Core i5-6360U outperforms Pentium Gold 4415Y by 86% 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%

i5-6360U 21
+87.3%
Pentium Gold 4415Y 11

Core i5-6360U outperforms Pentium Gold 4415Y by 87% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 2.02 1.04
Integrated graphics card 3.05 1.86
Recency 1 September 2015 4 June 2017
Cost $304 $161
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 6 Watt

The Core i5-6360U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold 4415Y in performance tests.


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