Intel Pentium Gold G6400 Vs Intel Pentium Gold G5420

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Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance Rank 1 - 100 % Intel Pentium Gold G6400 Rank 2 - 95 % Intel Pentium Gold G5420 Multi-core performance Rank 1 - 100 % Intel Pentium Gold G6400 Rank 2 - 94 % Intel Pentium Gold G5420

Geekbench 6 Single-CoreSingle-core performance

Intel Pentium Gold G6400 100 % 2C / 4T · 4.00 GHz 849 Intel Pentium Gold G5420 95 % 2C / 4T · 3.80 GHz 809 1,961 entriesShow all results

Geekbench 6 Multi-CoreMulti-core performance

Intel Pentium Gold G6400 100 % 2C / 4T · 4.00 GHz 1,811 Intel Pentium Gold G5420 97 % 2C / 4T · 3.80 GHz 1,755 1,897 entriesShow all results

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-CoreSingle-core performance

Intel Pentium Gold G6400 100 % 2C / 4T · 4.00 GHz 1,032 Intel Pentium Gold G5420 95 % 2C / 4T · 3.80 GHz 978 2,507 entriesShow all results

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-CoreMulti-core performance

Intel Pentium Gold G6400 100 % 2C / 4T · 4.00 GHz 2,184 Intel Pentium Gold G5420 98 % 2C / 4T · 3.80 GHz 2,134 2,478 entriesShow all results

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Pentium Gold G6400 100 % Intel HD Graphics 610 202 Intel Pentium Gold G5420 100 % Intel HD Graphics 610 202 2,190 entriesShow all results

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-CoreMulti-core performance

Intel Pentium Gold G6400 100 % 2C / 4T · 4.00 GHz 1,182 Intel Pentium Gold G5420 91 % 2C / 4T · 3.80 GHz 1,077 746 entriesShow all results

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)Single-core performance

Intel Pentium Gold G6400 100 % 2C / 4T · 4.00 GHz 166 cb Intel Pentium Gold G5420 95 % 2C / 4T · 3.80 GHz 157 cb 1,111 entriesShow all results

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)Multi-core performance

Intel Pentium Gold G6400 100 % 2C / 4T · 4.00 GHz 416 cb Intel Pentium Gold G5420 95 % 2C / 4T · 3.80 GHz 395 cb 1,107 entriesShow all results

More benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (SC) 1,961 entries Geekbench 6 (MC) 1,897 entries Cinebench R20 (SC) 666 entries Geekbench 5 (SC) 2,507 entries Geekbench 5 (MC) 2,478 entries FP32 SP (iGPU) 2,190 entries PassMark CPU-Mark 2,488 entries CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC) 746 entries Cinebench R15 (SC) 1,111 entries Cinebench R15 (MC) 1,107 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Pentium Gold G6400	Intel Pentium Gold G5420
Family	Intel Pentium (150)	Intel Pentium (150)
CPU group	Intel Pentium G6000 (12)	Intel Pentium G5000 (8)
Architecture	Comet Lake S	Coffee Lake S
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1200	LGA 1151
Predecessor	Intel Pentium Gold G5400
Successor	Intel Pentium Gold G7400

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Pentium Gold G6400	Intel Pentium Gold G5420
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	2 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	2x	2x
Frequency:	4.00 GHz	3.80 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	4.00 MB	4.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Pentium Gold G6400	Intel Pentium Gold G5420
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 610	Intel HD Graphics 610
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.05 GHz	0.35 - 1.05 GHz
CUs / Shader	12 / 96	12 / 96
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	32 GB	32 GB
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Release date	Q3/2016	Q3/2016

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Pentium Gold G6400	Intel Pentium Gold G5420
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Pentium Gold G6400	Intel Pentium Gold G5420
Memory	DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	64 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	Yes	Yes
PCIe	3.0 x 16	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Pentium Gold G6400	Intel Pentium Gold G5420
TDP	58 W	54 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Pentium Gold G6400	Intel Pentium Gold G5420
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release date	Q2/2020	Q2/2019
Release price	77 $	64 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Pentium Gold G6400 is 4.2 stars (13 ratings), while Intel Pentium Gold G5420 has received 4.7 stars (7 ratings). Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Pentium Gold G6400 2C / 4T · 4.00 GHz ★★★★★ Intel Pentium Gold G5420 2C / 4T · 3.80 GHz ★★★★★

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