Intel Pentium Gold G6400 Vs Pentium Gold G6405 - Technical City

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold G6400 and Pentium Gold G6405 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1721	1707
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	4.24	4.36
Architecture codename	Comet Lake (2020)	Comet Lake-R (2021)
Release date	30 April 2020 (4 years ago)	16 March 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$64

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold G6400 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	4 GHz	4.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	4.1 GHz
Bus rate	8 GT/s	8 GT/s
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	72 °C	72 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold G6400 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	FCLGA1200	FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)	58 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold G6400 and Pentium Gold G6405. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	-

Security technologies

Pentium Gold G6400 and Pentium Gold G6405 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	+
Identity Protection	+	+
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold G6400 and Pentium Gold G6405 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold G6400 and Pentium Gold G6405. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size	128 GB	128 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	41.6 GB/s	41.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel UHD Graphics 610	Intel UHD Graphics 610
Max video memory	64 GB	64 GB
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Clear Video	+	+
Clear Video HD	+	+
Graphics max frequency	1.05 GHz	1.05 GHz
InTru 3D	+	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold G6400 and Pentium Gold G6405 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

3

3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold G6400 and Pentium Gold G6405 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	+	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096x2160@30Hz	4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDP	4096x2304@60Hz	4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	4096x2304@60Hz	4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold G6400 and Pentium Gold G6405 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold G6400 and Pentium Gold G6405.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	16