Pentium Gold 6405U vs Pentium N4200

Primary details

Comparing Pentium N4200 and Pentium Gold 6405U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2123	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium	Intel Comet Lake
Architecture codename	Apollo Lake (2016)	Comet Lake-U (2019−2020)
Release date	1 September 2016 (7 years ago)	31 October 2019 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	$161
Current price	$352 (2.2x MSRP)	$75 (0.5x MSRP)

Detailed specifications

Pentium N4200 and Pentium Gold 6405U 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	1.1 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.5 GHz	2.4 GHz
L1 cache	no data	256 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	2 MB L2 Cache	2 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	100 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Pentium N4200 and Pentium Gold 6405U 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	1
Socket	FCBGA1296	FCBGA1528
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium N4200 and Pentium Gold 6405U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	no data	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
SIPP	-	no data
Smart Response	-	no data
GPIO	+	no data
Smart Connect	-	no data
Status	Launched	Discontinued
HD Audio	+	no data
RST	-	no data

Security technologies

Pentium N4200 and Pentium Gold 6405U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium N4200 and Pentium Gold 6405U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
VT-i	-	no data
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium N4200 and Pentium Gold 6405U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3, DDR3, DDR4	DDR4
Maximum memory size	8 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	37.5 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel HD Graphics 505	Intel® UHD Graphics for 10th Gen Intel® Processors
Max video memory	8 GB	32 GB
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Clear Video	+	+
Clear Video HD	+	+
Graphics max frequency	750 MHz	950 MHz
Execution Units	18	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium N4200 and Pentium Gold 6405U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	3
eDP	+	+
DisplayPort	+	+
HDMI	+	+
DVI	no data	+
MIPI-DSI	+	no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium N4200 and Pentium Gold 6405U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	no data	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDP	no data	4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium N4200 and Pentium Gold 6405U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	+	12
OpenGL	+	4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium N4200 and Pentium Gold 6405U.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	6	12
USB revision	2.0/3.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	8	no data
Integrated LAN	-	no data
UART	+	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 September 2016	31 October 2019
Physical cores	4	2
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	15 Watt

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