i5-9300HF vs Pentium Gold 5405U

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2441	1540
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.34	3.90
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium, Pentium Gold	Intel Core i5
Designer	Intel	Intel
Manufacturer	Intel	no data
Architecture codename	Whiskey Lake-U (2018−2019)	Coffee Lake-H (2018−2019)
Release date	23 January 2019 (6 years ago)	30 April 2019 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	$250

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

i5-9300HF has 191% better value for money than Pentium Gold 5405U.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 5405U and Core i5-9300HF 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	8
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	4.1 GHz
Bus type	OPI	no data
Bus rate	4 GT/s	8 GT/s DMI
Multiplier	23	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	1 MB
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	8 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	100 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 5405U and Core i5-9300HF 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 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	FCBGA1528	FCBGA1440
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 5405U and Core i5-9300HF. 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	+	no data

Security technologies

Pentium Gold 5405U and Core i5-9300HF technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+
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 5405U and Core i5-9300HF are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold 5405U and Core i5-9300HF. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3, DDR4	DDR4
Maximum memory size	64 GB	128 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	41.8 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel UHD Graphics for 8th Generation Intel Processors	no data
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

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 5405U and Core i5-9300HF 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 5405U and Core i5-9300HF 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 5405U and Core i5-9300HF integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	no data
OpenGL	4.5	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold 5405U and Core i5-9300HF.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	12	16

Synthetic benchmarks

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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.34	4.11
Recency	23 January 2019	30 April 2019
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	4	8
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	45 Watt

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