i5-4400E vs Pentium Gold 4417U

Place in the ranking	1912	1910
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Kaby Lake Refresh	Intel Core i5
Power efficiency	12.87	5.24
Architecture codename	Kaby Lake Refresh (2017−2019)	Haswell (2013−2015)
Release date	15 February 2019 (5 years ago)	1 October 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	$266

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 4417U and Core i5-4400E 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	4
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	3.3 GHz
Bus rate	4 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	2 MB	3 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	22 nm
Die size	no data	130 mm²
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	no data	960 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 4417U and Core i5-4400E 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	no data
Socket	FCBGA1356,FC-BGA1356	FCBGA1364
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	37 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 4417U and Core i5-4400E. 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	+	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	+	no data
My WiFi	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Smart Response	+	no data

Security technologies

Pentium Gold 4417U and Core i5-4400E technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
MPX	+	-
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 4417U and Core i5-4400E are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold 4417U and Core i5-4400E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3, DDR4	DDR3
Maximum memory size	32 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.1 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel HD Graphics 610	Intel HD Graphics 4600 (400 - 1000 MHz)
Max video memory	32 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Clear Video	+	no data
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	950 MHz	no data
Execution Units	12	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 4417U and Core i5-4400E integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
DVI	+	no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 4417U and Core i5-4400E 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 Gold 4417U and Core i5-4400E 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 Gold 4417U and Core i5-4400E.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	12	no data

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 4417U 2.04

i5-4400E 2.05
+0.5%

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 4417U 3240

i5-4400E 3251
+0.3%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.04	2.05
Integrated graphics card	1.85	1.84
Recency	15 February 2019	1 October 2013
Chip lithography	14 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	37 Watt

Pentium Gold 4417U has 0.5% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 5 years, a 57.1% more advanced lithography process, and 146.7% lower power consumption.

i5-4400E, on the other hand, has a 0.5% higher aggregate performance score.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Pentium Gold 4417U and Core i5-4400E.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Gold 4417U and Core i5-4400E, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.