Pentium Gold G4620 vs Pentium Gold G5420

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold G5420 and Pentium Gold G4620 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1850	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	13.14	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Pentium Gold	Intel Pentium, Pentium Gold
Power efficiency	4.14	no data
Architecture codename	Coffee Lake (2017−2019)	Kaby Lake (2016−2019)
Release date	23 April 2019 (5 years ago)	3 January 2017 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$64	$93

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold G5420 and Pentium Gold G4620 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	3.8 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.8 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	8 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	37
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	512 KB
L3 cache	4 MB	3 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	126 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold G5420 and Pentium Gold G4620 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	FCLGA1151	LGA-1151
Power consumption (TDP)	54 Watt	51 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold G5420 and Pentium Gold G4620. 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	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-

Security technologies

Pentium Gold G5420 and Pentium Gold G4620 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
MPX	+	-
Identity Protection	+	-
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold G5420 and Pentium Gold G4620 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold G5420 and Pentium Gold G4620. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR3L-1600
Maximum memory size	64 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare HD Graphics 630 and UHD Graphics 610	Intel UHD Graphics 610	Intel HD Graphics 630
Max video memory	64 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Clear Video	+	no data
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	1.05 GHz	no data
InTru 3D	+	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold G5420 and Pentium Gold G4620 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

3

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Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold G5420 and Pentium Gold G4620 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 G5420 and Pentium Gold G4620 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 G5420 and Pentium Gold G4620.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	16

Pros & cons summary

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Integrated graphics card	1.63	2.68
Recency	23 April 2019	3 January 2017
Power consumption (TDP)	54 Watt	51 Watt

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