Pentium Gold 6405U vs Celeron N3350

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Aggregate performance score

Celeron N3350
2016
2 cores / 2 threads, 6 Watt
0.70
Pentium Gold 6405U
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
1.72
+146%

Pentium Gold 6405U outperforms Celeron N3350 by a whopping 146% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron N3350 and Pentium Gold 6405U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking27222047
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel CeleronIntel Comet Lake
Power efficiency11.0310.84
Architecture codenameApollo Lake (2014−2016)Comet Lake-U (2019−2020)
Release date30 August 2016 (8 years ago)31 October 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$24$161

Detailed specifications

Celeron N3350 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads24
Base clock speed1.1 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz2.4 GHz
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
Multiplier11no data
L1 cacheno data256 KB
L2 cache1 MB1 MB
L3 cache0 KB2 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N3350 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
SocketFCBGA1296FCBGA1528
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N3350 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 Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Smart Connect-no data
HD Audio+no data
RST-no data

Security technologies

Celeron N3350 and Pentium Gold 6405U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N3350 and Pentium Gold 6405U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N3350 and Pentium Gold 6405U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size8 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data37.5 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel HD Graphics 500Intel UHD Graphics for 10th Gen Intel Processors
Max video memory8 GB32 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video++
Clear Video HD++
Graphics max frequency650 MHz950 MHz
Execution Units12no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N3350 and Pentium Gold 6405U integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron N3350 and Pentium Gold 6405U 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 N3350 and Pentium Gold 6405U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX+12
OpenGL+4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N3350 and Pentium Gold 6405U.

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

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.70 1.72
Integrated graphics card 0.77 5.58
Recency 30 August 2016 31 October 2019
Threads 2 4
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 15 Watt

Celeron N3350 has 150% lower power consumption.

Pentium Gold 6405U, on the other hand, has a 145.7% higher aggregate performance score, 624.7% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 3 years, and 100% more threads.

The Pentium Gold 6405U is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron N3350 in performance tests.


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