Pentium U5400 vs Pentium G4600
Aggregate performance score
Pentium G4600 outperforms Pentium U5400 by a whopping 559% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1978 | 3227 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.44 | no data |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Pentium, Pentium Gold | Intel Pentium |
| Power efficiency | 4.24 | 1.82 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | Intel | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Kaby Lake (2016−2019) | Arrandale (2010−2011) |
| Release date | 3 January 2017 (8 years ago) | 25 May 2010 (15 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $87 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Pentium G4600 and Pentium U5400 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 | 4 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 1.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 1.2 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 3.0 | DMI 1.0 |
| Bus rate | 8 GT/s | 1 × 2.5 GT/s |
| Multiplier | 36 | 9 |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | 256K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 3 MB (shared) | 3 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | no data | 81+114 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 105 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 65 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 384 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium G4600 and Pentium U5400 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 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | FCLGA1151 | BGA1288 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 51 Watt | 18 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G4600 and Pentium U5400. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | - |
| Idle States | + | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | + |
| Flex Memory Access | no data | + |
| PAE | no data | 36 Bit |
| FDI | no data | + |
| Fast Memory Access | no data | + |
Security technologies
Pentium G4600 and Pentium U5400 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | - |
| EDB | + | + |
| Secure Key | + | no data |
| MPX | + | - |
| Identity Protection | + | - |
| SGX | Yes with Intel® ME | no data |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium G4600 and Pentium U5400 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | - |
| VT-x | + | - |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G4600 and Pentium U5400. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2133/2400, DDR3L-1333/1600 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | 8 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 38.397 GB/s | 12.799 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel HD Graphics 630 | Intel HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel Processors |
| Max video memory | 64 GB | no data |
| Quick Sync Video | + | - |
| Clear Video | + | + |
| Clear Video HD | + | no data |
| Graphics max frequency | 1.1 GHz | 500 MHz |
| InTru 3D | + | no data |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G4600 and Pentium U5400 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 3 | 2 |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium G4600 and Pentium U5400 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| 4K resolution support | + | no data |
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | 4096x2304@24Hz | no data |
| Max resolution over eDP | 4096x2304@60Hz | no data |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | 4096x2304@60Hz | no data |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Pentium G4600 and Pentium U5400 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | 12 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G4600 and Pentium U5400.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | 16 |
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.24 | 0.34 |
| Integrated graphics card | 3.01 | 0.75 |
| Recency | 3 January 2017 | 25 May 2010 |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 51 Watt | 18 Watt |
Pentium G4600 has a 558.8% higher aggregate performance score, 301.3% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 6 years, 100% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.
Pentium U5400, on the other hand, has 183.3% lower power consumption.
The Intel Pentium G4600 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium U5400 in performance tests.
Note that Pentium G4600 is a desktop processor while Pentium U5400 is a notebook one.
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