Pentium Gold 6405U vs Atom x5-Z8300

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Aggregate performance score

Atom x5-Z8300
2015
4 cores / 4 threads
0.51
Pentium Gold 6405U
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
1.72
+237%

Pentium Gold 6405U outperforms Atom x5-Z8300 by a whopping 237% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Atom x5-Z8300 and Pentium Gold 6405U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28742044
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series5x Intel AtomIntel Comet Lake
Power efficiencyno data10.79
Architecture codenameCherry Trail (2015−2016)Comet Lake-U (2019−2020)
Release date2 March 2015 (9 years ago)31 October 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$161

Detailed specifications

Atom x5-Z8300 and Pentium Gold 6405U 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)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.44 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed1.84 GHz2.4 GHz
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
L1 cacheno data256 KB
L2 cache2 MB1 MB
L3 cache0 KB2 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature90 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Atom x5-Z8300 and Pentium Gold 6405U 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
SocketUTFCBGA592FCBGA1528
Power consumption (TDP)no data15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Pentium Gold 6405U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Atom x5-Z8300 and Pentium Gold 6405U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Boot+no data
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Pentium Gold 6405U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-dno data+
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Pentium Gold 6405U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory size2 GB64 GB
Max memory channels12
Maximum memory bandwidth12.8 GB/s37.5 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail) (200 - 500 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics for 10th Gen Intel Processors
Max video memory2 GB32 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequency500 MHz950 MHz
Execution Units12no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom x5-Z8300 and Pentium Gold 6405U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported23
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
DVIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Pentium Gold 6405U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.41920x10804096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Pentium Gold 6405U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Pentium Gold 6405U.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes112
USB revision3.0no data

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.51 1.72
Integrated graphics card 0.77 5.58
Recency 2 March 2015 31 October 2019
Physical cores 4 2

Atom x5-Z8300 has 100% more physical cores.

Pentium Gold 6405U, on the other hand, has a 237.3% higher aggregate performance score, 624.7% faster integrated GPU, and an age advantage of 4 years.

The Pentium Gold 6405U is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom x5-Z8300 in performance tests.


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