Pentium Gold G6405 vs Ryzen 7 5800U

Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 5800U
2021
8 cores / 16 threads, 15 Watt
11.63
+334%
Pentium Gold G6405
2021
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.68

Ryzen 7 5800U outperforms Pentium Gold G6405 by a whopping 334% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 5800U and Pentium Gold G6405 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking6681705
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)no data
Power efficiency73.074.35
Architecture codenameCezanne-U (Zen 3) (2021)Comet Lake-R (2021)
Release date12 January 2021 (3 years ago)16 March 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$64

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 5800U 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads164
Base clock speed1.9 GHz4.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz4.1 GHz
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
Multiplier19no data
L1 cache64K (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)256 KB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm14 nm
Die size180 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors10,700 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 5800U 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 7 5800U and Pentium Gold G6405. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, 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+-
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Ryzen 7 5800U and Pentium Gold G6405 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 7 5800U and Pentium Gold G6405 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 7 5800U and Pentium Gold G6405. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4-2666
Maximum memory sizeno data128 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 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)Intel UHD Graphics 610
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.05 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 7 5800U and Pentium Gold G6405 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 7 5800U 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 7 5800U 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 7 5800U and Pentium Gold G6405.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes816

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 7 5800U 11.63
+334%
Pentium Gold G6405 2.68

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 7 5800U 18399
+334%
Pentium Gold G6405 4244

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.

Ryzen 7 5800U 1727
+105%
Pentium Gold G6405 844

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.

Ryzen 7 5800U 6812
+295%
Pentium Gold G6405 1723

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 11.63 2.68
Integrated graphics card 9.03 1.89
Recency 12 January 2021 16 March 2021
Physical cores 8 2
Threads 16 4
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm

Ryzen 7 5800U has a 334% higher aggregate performance score, 377.8% faster integrated GPU, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium Gold G6405, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 months.

The Ryzen 7 5800U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold G6405 in performance tests.

Be aware that Ryzen 7 5800U is a notebook processor while Pentium Gold G6405 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 7 5800U and Pentium Gold G6405, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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