Pentium Gold G6405 vs Celeron J3060

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Aggregate performance score

Celeron J3060
2016
2 cores / 2 threads, 6 Watt
0.43
Pentium Gold G6405
2021
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.67
+521%

Pentium Gold G6405 outperforms Celeron J3060 by a whopping 521% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron J3060 and Pentium Gold G6405 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking29781721
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.02no data
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Celeronno data
Power efficiency6.784.35
Architecture codenameAirmont (2016)Comet Lake-R (2021)
Release date15 January 2016 (8 years ago)16 March 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$107$64

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Celeron J3060 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)
Threads24
Base clock speed1.6 GHz4.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.48 GHz4.1 GHz
Bus typeIDIno data
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB256 KB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron J3060 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
SocketFCBGA11701200
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron J3060 and Pentium Gold G6405. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI++
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
TSX-+
Thermal Monitoring+-
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Smart Connect-no data
HD Audio+no data
RST-no data

Security technologies

Celeron J3060 and Pentium Gold G6405 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB+no data
Secure Boot+no data
Secure Key+no data
Identity Protection+-
OS Guard-no data
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron J3060 and Pentium Gold G6405 are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-x++
VT-i-no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron J3060 and Pentium Gold G6405. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3L-1600DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics 610
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency700 MHzno data
Execution Units12no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron J3060 and Pentium Gold G6405 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron J3060 and Pentium Gold G6405 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX+no data
OpenGL+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron J3060 and Pentium Gold G6405.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes416
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports5no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports5no data
Integrated LAN-no data
UART+no data

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.

Celeron J3060 0.43
Pentium Gold G6405 2.67
+521%

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.

Celeron J3060 678
Pentium Gold G6405 4244
+526%

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.

Celeron J3060 182
Pentium Gold G6405 845
+364%

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.

Celeron J3060 320
Pentium Gold G6405 1725
+439%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.43 2.67
Recency 15 January 2016 16 March 2021
Threads 2 4
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 15 Watt

Celeron J3060 has 150% lower power consumption.

Pentium Gold G6405, on the other hand, has a 520.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, and 100% more threads.

The Pentium Gold G6405 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron J3060 in performance tests.


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