Pentium Gold G6405 vs Pentium Gold 4415U

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Gold 4415U
2017
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.03
Pentium Gold G6405
2021
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.67
+31.5%

Pentium Gold G6405 outperforms Pentium Gold 4415U by a substantial 32% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold 4415U and Pentium Gold G6405 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking19171722
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Pentium Goldno data
Power efficiency12.814.36
Architecture codenameKaby Lake (2016−2019)Comet Lake-R (2021)
Release date3 January 2017 (7 years ago)16 March 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161$64

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 4415U 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed2.3 GHz4.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz4.1 GHz
Bus typeOPIno data
Bus rate4 GT/s8 GT/s
Multiplier22no data
L1 cache128 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB256 KB (per core)
L3 cache2 MB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 4415U 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketFCBGA1356,FPBGA13561200
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 4415U and Pentium Gold G6405. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Pentium Gold 4415U and Pentium Gold G6405 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 4415U and Pentium Gold G6405 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold 4415U and Pentium Gold G6405. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth34.134 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel HD Graphics 610Intel UHD Graphics 610
Max video memory32 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency950 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 4415U and Pentium Gold G6405 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
DVI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 4415U and Pentium Gold G6405 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold 4415U and Pentium Gold G6405 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.4no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold 4415U and Pentium Gold G6405.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes1016

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.

Pentium Gold 4415U 2.03
Pentium Gold G6405 2.67
+31.5%

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.

Pentium Gold 4415U 3229
Pentium Gold G6405 4244
+31.4%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.03 2.67
Integrated graphics card 1.85 1.89
Recency 3 January 2017 16 March 2021

Pentium Gold G6405 has a 31.5% higher aggregate performance score, 2.2% faster integrated GPU, and an age advantage of 4 years.

The Pentium Gold G6405 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold 4415U in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium Gold 4415U is a notebook processor while Pentium Gold G6405 is a desktop one.


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