Ryzen 5 3400G vs Pentium Gold 5405U
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 5 3400G outperforms Pentium Gold 5405U by a whopping 294% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Pentium Gold 5405U and Ryzen 5 3400G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in performance ranking | 2109 | 1081 |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 66 |
Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
Series | Intel Pentium, Pentium Gold | AMD Ryzen 5 |
Architecture codename | Whiskey Lake-U (2018−2019) | Picasso (2019−2022) |
Release date | 23 January 2019 (5 years ago) | 12 June 2019 (5 years ago) |
Launch price (MSRP) | $161 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Pentium Gold 5405U and Ryzen 5 3400G 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 | 3.7 GHz |
Boost clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
Bus type | OPI | PCIe 3.0 |
Bus rate | 4 GT/s | no data |
Multiplier | 23 | 37 |
L1 cache | 128 KB | 384 KB |
L2 cache | 512 KB | 2 MB |
L3 cache | 2 MB | 4 MB (shared) |
Chip lithography | 14 nm | 12 nm |
Die size | no data | 210 mm2 |
Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | no data |
Number of transistors | no data | 4940 Million |
64 bit support | + | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium Gold 5405U and Ryzen 5 3400G 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 (Uniprocessor) |
Socket | FCBGA1528 | AM4 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 65 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 5405U and Ryzen 5 3400G. 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 | + | no data |
Idle States | + | no data |
Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
Flex Memory Access | + | no data |
Smart Response | + | no data |
Status | Discontinued | no data |
Security technologies
Pentium Gold 5405U and Ryzen 5 3400G technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
TXT | - | no data |
EDB | + | no data |
Secure Key | + | no data |
Identity Protection | + | - |
SGX | Yes with Intel® ME | no data |
OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 5405U and Ryzen 5 3400G 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 5405U and Ryzen 5 3400G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR3, DDR4 | DDR4-2933 |
Maximum memory size | 64 GB | 64 GB |
Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
Maximum memory bandwidth | 38.397 GB/s | 46.933 GB/s |
ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
Integrated graphics card | Intel® UHD Graphics for 8th Generation Intel® Processors | AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 |
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 Ryzen 5 3400G 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 Ryzen 5 3400G 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 Ryzen 5 3400G 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 Ryzen 5 3400G.
PCIe version | 2.0 | 3.0 |
PCI Express lanes | 12 | 20 |
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
Performance score | 1.52 | 5.99 |
Recency | 23 January 2019 | 12 June 2019 |
Physical cores | 2 | 4 |
Threads | 4 | 8 |
Chip lithography | 14 nm | 12 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 65 Watt |
Pentium Gold 5405U has 333.3% lower power consumption.
Ryzen 5 3400G, on the other hand, has a 294.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 months, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.
The Ryzen 5 3400G is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold 5405U in performance tests.
Be aware that Pentium Gold 5405U is a notebook processor while Ryzen 5 3400G is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Gold 5405U and Ryzen 5 3400G, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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