Pentium Gold G6405 vs Pentium Gold 8500

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold 8500 and Pentium Gold G6405 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1701
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Power efficiencyno data4.35
Architecture codenameno dataComet Lake-R (2021)
Release date1 January 2022 (2 years ago)16 March 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$64

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 8500 and Pentium Gold G6405 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 coresno data2 (Dual-core)
Threads64
Base clock speedno data4.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz4.1 GHz
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data256 KB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB Intel® Smart Cache4 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 8500 and Pentium Gold G6405 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 configuration11
SocketFCBGA1781FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)29 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Pentium Gold G6405. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technology++
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access-no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Pentium Gold 8500 and Pentium Gold G6405 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDB++
Secure Key++
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Pentium Gold G6405 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Pentium Gold G6405. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesLPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size64 GB128 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data41.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel® ProcessorsIntel UHD Graphics 610
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequency800 MHz1.05 GHz
Execution Units48no data
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 8500 and Pentium Gold G6405 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported43

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Pentium Gold G6405 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2304 @ 60Hz4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDP4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Pentium Gold G6405 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12.112
OpenGL4.64.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Pentium Gold G6405.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanes1416

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2022 16 March 2021
Threads 6 4
Power consumption (TDP) 29 Watt 15 Watt

Pentium Gold 8500 has an age advantage of 9 months, and 50% more threads.

Pentium Gold G6405, on the other hand, has 93.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium Gold 8500 and Pentium Gold G6405. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pentium Gold 8500 is a notebook processor while Pentium Gold G6405 is a desktop one.


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