Pentium Gold 4415U vs i3-8145UE

Place in the ranking	1726	1912
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Pentium Gold
Power efficiency	16.38	12.74
Architecture codename	Whiskey Lake-U (2018−2019)	Kaby Lake (2016−2019)
Release date	1 October 2018 (6 years ago)	3 January 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$161

Detailed specifications

Core i3-8145UE and Pentium Gold 4415U 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	2.2 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.9 GHz	2.2 GHz
Bus type	no data	OPI
Bus rate	no data	4 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	22
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	512 KB
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	2 MB
Chip lithography	10 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Core i3-8145UE and Pentium Gold 4415U 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	Intel BGA 1528	FCBGA1356,FPBGA1356
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i3-8145UE and Pentium Gold 4415U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
My WiFi	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Smart Response	no data	+

Security technologies

Core i3-8145UE and Pentium Gold 4415U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	no data	+
Secure Key	no data	+
MPX	-	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i3-8145UE and Pentium Gold 4415U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i3-8145UE and Pentium Gold 4415U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size	no data	32 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	34.134 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel UHD Graphics 620	Intel HD Graphics 610
Max video memory	no data	32 GB
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Clear Video	no data	+
Clear Video HD	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	950 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i3-8145UE and Pentium Gold 4415U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	no data	3
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+
DVI	no data	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i3-8145UE and Pentium Gold 4415U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	no data	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDP	no data	4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i3-8145UE and Pentium Gold 4415U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	12
OpenGL	no data	4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i3-8145UE and Pentium Gold 4415U.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	16	10

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.

i3-8145UE 2.61
+28.6%

Pentium Gold 4415U 2.03

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.

i3-8145UE 4153
+28.6%

Pentium Gold 4415U 3229

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.61	2.03
Integrated graphics card	2.67	1.85
Recency	1 October 2018	3 January 2017
Chip lithography	10 nm	14 nm

i3-8145UE has a 28.6% higher aggregate performance score, 44.3% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The Core i3-8145UE is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold 4415U in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core i3-8145UE and Pentium Gold 4415U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.