Intel Pentium Gold G6405 vs AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G

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Combined performance score

Ryzen Embedded R1606G
2.70

Pentium Gold G6405 outperforms Ryzen Embedded R1606G by 3% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Ryzen Embedded R1606G and Pentium Gold G6405 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking15781568
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for moneyno data25.64
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen Embeddedno data
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)Comet Lake-R (2021)
Release date25 February 2020 (4 years old)16 March 2021 (3 years old)
Current priceno data$88
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Technical specs

Ryzen Embedded R1606G 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed2.6 GHz4.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz4.1 GHz
L1 cache96K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size209.8 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors4,950 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen Embedded R1606G 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketFP5FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen Embedded R1606G and Pentium Gold G6405. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
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 Embedded R1606G 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 Embedded R1606G 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 Embedded R1606G and Pentium Gold G6405. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size32 GB128 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/s41.6 GB/s
ECC memory support-no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 3Intel 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 Embedded R1606G and Pentium Gold G6405 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen Embedded R1606G 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 Embedded R1606G 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 Embedded R1606G 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 Embedded R1606G 2.70
Pentium Gold G6405 2.77
+2.6%

Pentium Gold G6405 outperforms Ryzen Embedded R1606G by 3% in our combined 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 Embedded R1606G 4144
Pentium Gold G6405 4252
+2.6%

Pentium Gold G6405 outperforms Ryzen Embedded R1606G by 3% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 2.70 2.77
Integrated graphics card 2.96 1.34
Recency 25 February 2020 16 March 2021
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 15 Watt

We couldn't decide between Ryzen Embedded R1606G and Pentium Gold G6405. The differences in performance seem too small.

Be aware that Ryzen Embedded R1606G is a notebook processor while Pentium Gold G6405 is a desktop one.


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