Pentium Gold 5405U vs i5-8650

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-8650 and Pentium Gold 5405U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2150
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i5Intel Pentium, Pentium Gold
Power efficiencyno data9.34
Architecture codenameCoffee Lake (2017−2019)Whiskey Lake-U (2018−2019)
Release date1 September 2018 (6 years ago)23 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$161

Detailed specifications

Core i5-8650 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads64
Base clock speed3.1 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed4.5 GHz2.3 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0OPI
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s4 GT/s
Multiplierno data23
L1 cache64K (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)256 KB (per core)
L3 cache9 MB (shared)2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size126 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-8650 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket1151FCBGA1528
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-8650 and Pentium Gold 5405U. 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)++
Speed Shiftno data+
My WiFino data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Smart Responseno data+

Security technologies

Core i5-8650 and Pentium Gold 5405U 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 i5-8650 and Pentium Gold 5405U are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-8650 and Pentium Gold 5405U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/s38.397 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 630Intel® UHD Graphics for 8th Generation Intel® Processors
Max video memoryno data32 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data950 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-8650 and Pentium Gold 5405U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
DVIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-8650 and Pentium Gold 5405U 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 Core i5-8650 and Pentium Gold 5405U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-8650 and Pentium Gold 5405U.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2018 23 January 2019
Physical cores 6 2
Threads 6 4
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

i5-8650 has 200% more physical cores and 50% more threads.

Pentium Gold 5405U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 months, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core i5-8650 and Pentium Gold 5405U. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core i5-8650 is a desktop processor while Pentium Gold 5405U is a notebook one.


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