Pentium Gold 5405U vs Celeron J3455

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Aggregate performance score

Celeron J3455
2016
4 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
1.47
Pentium Gold 5405U
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
1.54
+4.8%

Pentium Gold 5405U outperforms Celeron J3455 by a small 5% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron J3455 and Pentium Gold 5405U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking21872146
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.16no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesIntel CeleronIntel Pentium, Pentium Gold
Power efficiency13.409.36
Architecture codenameApollo Lake (2014−2016)Whiskey Lake-U (2018−2019)
Release date30 August 2016 (8 years ago)23 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$107$161

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Celeron J3455 and Pentium Gold 5405U 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 speed1.5 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz2.3 GHz
Bus typeno dataOPI
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
Multiplier1523
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cache2 MB512 KB
L3 cache0 KB2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron J3455 and Pentium Gold 5405U 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCBGA1296FCBGA1528
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron J3455 and Pentium Gold 5405U. 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+
My WiFino data+
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Smart Response-+
GPIO+no data
Smart Connect-no data
HD Audio+no data
RST-no data

Security technologies

Celeron J3455 and Pentium Gold 5405U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDB++
Secure Boot+no data
Secure Key++
Identity Protection++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guard-+
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron J3455 and Pentium Gold 5405U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron J3455 and Pentium Gold 5405U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3L/LPDDR3 up to 1866 MT/s; LPDDR4 up to 2400 MT/sDDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size8 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics 500Intel® UHD Graphics for 8th Generation Intel® Processors
Max video memory8 GB32 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video++
Clear Video HD++
Graphics max frequency750 MHz950 MHz
Execution Units12no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron J3455 and Pentium Gold 5405U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
DVIno data+
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron J3455 and Pentium Gold 5405U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron J3455 and Pentium Gold 5405U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX+12
OpenGL+4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron J3455 and Pentium Gold 5405U.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes612
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports8no 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 J3455 1.47
Pentium Gold 5405U 1.54
+4.8%

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 J3455 2256
Pentium Gold 5405U 2357
+4.5%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.47 1.54
Recency 30 August 2016 23 January 2019
Physical cores 4 2
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 15 Watt

Celeron J3455 has 100% more physical cores, and 50% lower power consumption.

Pentium Gold 5405U, on the other hand, has a 4.8% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 2 years.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Celeron J3455 and Pentium Gold 5405U.

Note that Celeron J3455 is a desktop processor while Pentium Gold 5405U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron J3455 and Pentium Gold 5405U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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