Pentium Gold G6400 vs i7-990X Extreme Edition

Primary details

Comparing Core i7-990X Extreme Edition and Pentium Gold G6400 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1735
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Core i7EEno data
Power efficiencyno data4.24
Architecture codenameWestmere (2010−2011)Comet Lake (2020)
Release date13 February 2011 (13 years ago)30 April 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core i7-990X Extreme Edition and Pentium Gold G6400 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads124
Base clock speedno data4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.46 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate6.4 GT/s8 GT/s
Multiplier26no data
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache1.5 MB256K (per core)
L3 cache12 MB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size239 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-990X Extreme Edition and Pentium Gold G6400 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
Socketno dataFCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt58 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-990X Extreme Edition and Pentium Gold G6400. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Core i7-990X Extreme Edition and Pentium Gold G6400 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-990X Extreme Edition and Pentium Gold G6400 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-990X Extreme Edition and Pentium Gold G6400. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-2666
Maximum memory size24 GB128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data41.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics 610
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.05 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i7-990X Extreme Edition and Pentium Gold G6400 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i7-990X Extreme Edition and Pentium Gold G6400 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i7-990X Extreme Edition and Pentium Gold G6400 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-990X Extreme Edition and Pentium Gold G6400.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 February 2011 30 April 2020
Physical cores 6 2
Threads 12 4
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 58 Watt

i7-990X Extreme Edition has 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

Pentium Gold G6400, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 124.1% lower power consumption.

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