Pentium Gold 5405U vs Ryzen 3 1200

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 3 1200
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 65 Watt
4.03
+172%
Pentium Gold 5405U
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
1.48

Ryzen 3 1200 outperforms Pentium Gold 5405U by a whopping 172% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 1200 and Pentium Gold 5405U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking14192166
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.15no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 3Intel Pentium, Pentium Gold
Power efficiency5.879.34
Architecture codenameSummit Ridge (Zen) (2017)Whiskey Lake-U (2018−2019)
Release date27 July 2017 (7 years ago)23 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$109$161

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 1200 and Pentium Gold 5405U 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed3.1 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz2.3 GHz
Bus typeno dataOPI
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s4 GT/s
Multiplier3123
L1 cache96K (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)256 KB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB (shared)2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size192 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature95 °C100 °C
Number of transistors4,800 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 1200 and Pentium Gold 5405U 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM4FCBGA1528
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Pentium Gold 5405U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHAIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
My WiFino data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Smart Responseno data+

Security technologies

Ryzen 3 1200 and Pentium Gold 5405U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Pentium Gold 5405U are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Pentium Gold 5405U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/s38.397 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
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 Ryzen 3 1200 and Pentium Gold 5405U integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Pentium Gold 5405U integrated GPUs, 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 Ryzen 3 1200 and Pentium Gold 5405U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX-12
OpenGL-4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Pentium Gold 5405U.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes2012

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.

Ryzen 3 1200 4.03
+172%
Pentium Gold 5405U 1.48

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.

Ryzen 3 1200 6407
+172%
Pentium Gold 5405U 2357

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Ryzen 3 1200 4178
+17.3%
Pentium Gold 5405U 3561

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Ryzen 3 1200 13961
+77%
Pentium Gold 5405U 7886

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Ryzen 3 1200 5419
+68.1%
Pentium Gold 5405U 3224

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Ryzen 3 1200 12.5
+80.2%
Pentium Gold 5405U 22.53

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Ryzen 3 1200 6
+110%
Pentium Gold 5405U 3

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Ryzen 3 1200 480
+106%
Pentium Gold 5405U 233

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 3 1200 135
+45.9%
Pentium Gold 5405U 93

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 3 1200 1.53
+44.3%
Pentium Gold 5405U 1.06

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Ryzen 3 1200 2.6
+92.6%
Pentium Gold 5405U 1.4

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Ryzen 3 1200 2481
+30.3%
Pentium Gold 5405U 1904

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Ryzen 3 1200 33
+114%
Pentium Gold 5405U 16

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Ryzen 3 1200 160
+94.8%
Pentium Gold 5405U 82

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 3 1200 2882
+118%
Pentium Gold 5405U 1324

Blender(-)

Ryzen 3 1200 1002
Pentium Gold 5405U 2180
+118%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 3 1200 834
+42.6%
Pentium Gold 5405U 585

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 3 1200 3391
+34.1%
Pentium Gold 5405U 2528

7-Zip

Ryzen 3 1200 11980
+84.3%
Pentium Gold 5405U 6502

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 3 1200 151
+47.2%
Pentium Gold 5405U 103

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.03 1.48
Recency 27 July 2017 23 January 2019
Physical cores 4 2
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 3 1200 has a 172.3% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores.

Pentium Gold 5405U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 3 1200 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold 5405U in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 3 1200 is a desktop processor while Pentium Gold 5405U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 3 1200 and Pentium Gold 5405U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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