Intel Pentium Gold 6405U: specs and benchmarks

Summary

Intel started Pentium Gold 6405U sales 31 October 2019 at a recommended price of $161. This is a Comet Lake-U architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at home systems. It has 2 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2400 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCBGA1528 processor with a TDP of 15 Watt. It supports DDR4 memory.

General info

Pentium Gold 6405U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance ranking	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop
Series	Intel Comet Lake
Architecture codename	Comet Lake-U (2019−2020)
Release date	31 October 2019 (4 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	of 305 (Core i7-870)
Current price	$75 (0.5x MSRP)	of 17802 (Threadripper PRO 7995WX)

Technical specs

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	of 4.7 (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache	256 KB	of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache	1 MB	of 36 (Apple M2 Max)
L3 cache	2 MB	of 768 (EPYC 7373X)
Chip lithography	14 nm	of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	of 110 (Atom x7-E3950)
64 bit support	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+
Unlocked multiplier	No

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 6405U compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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	of 8 (Opteron 842)
Socket	FCBGA1528
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 6405U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+
Speed Shift	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+
TSX	-
Idle States	+
Thermal Monitoring	+
Flex Memory Access	+
Status	Discontinued

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Pentium Gold 6405U's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4
Maximum memory size	64 GB	of 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3)
Max memory channels	2	of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth	37.5 GB/s	of 460.8 (EPYC 9124)
ECC memory support	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Pentium Gold 6405U.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® UHD Graphics for 10th Gen Intel® Processors
Max video memory	32 GB
Quick Sync Video	+
Clear Video	+
Clear Video HD	+
Graphics max frequency	950 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 6405U's integrated GPU.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 6405U's integrated GPU, including resolutions over different interfaces.

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

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold 6405U's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12
OpenGL	4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version	2.0	of 5 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes	12	of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Pentium Gold 6405U. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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