i3-8140U vs Pentium Gold 4425Y

Place in the ranking	2434	1743
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium	no data
Power efficiency	17.31	16.77
Architecture codename	Kaby Lake (2016−2019)	no data
Release date	21 April 2017 (7 years ago)	1 October 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 4425Y and Core i3-8140U 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	1.7 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.7 GHz	3.9 GHz
Bus rate	4 GT/s	4 GT/s OPI
L1 cache	128 KB	no data
L2 cache	512 KB	no data
L3 cache	2 MB	4 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	100 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 4425Y and Core i3-8140U 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	FCBGA1515	FCBGA1528
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 4425Y and Core i3-8140U. 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	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
My WiFi	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	+	+
Smart Response	+	+

Security technologies

Pentium Gold 4425Y and Core i3-8140U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	-
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	+
MPX	+	-
Identity Protection	-	+
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 4425Y and Core i3-8140U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold 4425Y and Core i3-8140U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Maximum memory size	16 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	29.8 GB/s	37.5 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel UHD Graphics 615	Intel UHD Graphics 620
Max video memory	16 GB	32 GB
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Clear Video	+	+
Clear Video HD	+	+
Graphics max frequency	850 MHz	1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 4425Y and Core i3-8140U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	3
eDP	+	+
DisplayPort	+	+
HDMI	+	+
DVI	+	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 4425Y and Core i3-8140U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	+	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096x2304@24Hz	4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDP	4096x2304@60Hz	4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	4096x2304@60Hz	4096x2304@60Hz