Pentium Gold G6405 vs Ryzen 3 5300U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 3 5300U
2021
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
6.26
+128%

Ryzen 3 5300U outperforms Pentium Gold G6405 by a whopping 128% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 5300U and Pentium Gold G6405 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking10081615
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data25.64
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)no data
Architecture codenameLucienne-U (Zen 2)Comet Lake-R (2021)
Release date12 January 2021 (3 years ago)16 March 2021 (3 years ago)
Current priceno data$88

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 5300U 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads84
Base clock speed2.6 GHz4.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz4.1 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)256 KB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm14 nm
Die size156 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors9,800 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 5300U 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
SocketFP6FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 5300U and Pentium Gold G6405. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsDDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
FMA+no data
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSXno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
SIPPno data-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Statusno dataLaunched

Security technologies

Ryzen 3 5300U and Pentium Gold G6405 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 5300U and Pentium Gold G6405 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 5300U and Pentium Gold G6405. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size64 GB128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data41.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)Intel UHD Graphics 610
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Videono data+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.05 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 3 5300U and Pentium Gold G6405 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 3 5300U and Pentium Gold G6405 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 3 5300U and Pentium Gold G6405 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 5300U and Pentium Gold G6405.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1216

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 5300U 6.26
+128%
Pentium Gold G6405 2.75

Ryzen 3 5300U outperforms Pentium Gold G6405 by 128% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Ryzen 3 5300U 9681
+128%
Pentium Gold G6405 4251

Ryzen 3 5300U outperforms Pentium Gold G6405 by 128% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 3 5300U 1226
+45.4%
Pentium Gold G6405 843

Ryzen 3 5300U outperforms Pentium Gold G6405 by 45% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 3 5300U 3622
+108%
Pentium Gold G6405 1743

Ryzen 3 5300U outperforms Pentium Gold G6405 by 108% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.26 2.75
Integrated graphics card 6.25 1.34
Recency 12 January 2021 16 March 2021
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm

The Ryzen 3 5300U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold G6405 in performance tests.

Be aware that Ryzen 3 5300U is a notebook processor while Pentium Gold G6405 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 3 5300U and Pentium Gold G6405, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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