Pentium Gold G7400 vs Pentium 3550M

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 3550M and Pentium Gold G7400 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2462	1285
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	25.26
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Pentium	no data
Architecture codename	Haswell (2013−2015)	Alder Lake-S (2022)
Release date	1 September 2013 (10 years ago)	4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$134	no data
Current price	$76 (0.6x MSRP)	$110

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium 3550M and Pentium Gold G7400 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	3.7 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	80K (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	118 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,400 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 3550M and Pentium Gold G7400 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	FCPGA946	FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)	37 Watt	46 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 3550M and Pentium Gold G7400. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Status	Discontinued	Launched

Security technologies

Pentium 3550M and Pentium Gold G7400 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	+
Identity Protection	-	no data
OS Guard	no data	+
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 3550M and Pentium Gold G7400 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 3550M and Pentium Gold G7400. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	32 GB	128 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	76.8 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel® Processors	Intel UHD Graphics 710
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Clear Video HD	-	+
Graphics max frequency	1.1 GHz	1.35 GHz
Execution Units	no data	16

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 3550M and Pentium Gold G7400 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	4
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data
VGA	+	no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium 3550M and Pentium Gold G7400 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096 x 2160 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP	no data	5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium 3550M and Pentium Gold G7400 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	12
OpenGL	no data	4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 3550M and Pentium Gold G7400.

PCIe version	2.0	5.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanes	16	20

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

Pentium Gold G7400 outperforms Pentium 3550M by 406% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.86	4.35
Recency	1 September 2013	4 January 2022
Threads	2	4
Power consumption (TDP)	37 Watt	46 Watt

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