Pentium G4500 vs Pentium Gold 4417U

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Gold 4417U
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.04
+15.9%
Pentium G4500
2015
2 cores / 2 threads, 51 Watt
1.76

Pentium Gold 4417U outperforms Pentium G4500 by a moderate 16% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold 4417U and Pentium G4500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking19122031
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.31
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Kaby Lake RefreshIntel Pentium
Power efficiency12.863.26
Architecture codenameKaby Lake Refresh (2017−2019)Skylake (2015−2016)
Release date15 February 2019 (5 years ago)1 September 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161$82

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 4417U and Pentium G4500 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)
Threads42
Base clock speed2.3 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rate4 GT/s4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data35
L1 cache256 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB256K (per core)
L3 cache2 MB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data150 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data65 °C
Number of transistorsno data1,400 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 4417U and Pentium G4500 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCBGA1356,FC-BGA13561151
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt51 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 4417U and Pentium G4500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2no data
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

Pentium Gold 4417U and Pentium G4500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 4417U and Pentium G4500 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold 4417U and Pentium G4500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size32 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth34.1 GB/s34.134 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics 610Intel HD Graphics 530
Max video memory32 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency950 MHzno data
Execution Units12no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 4417U and Pentium G4500 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 4417U and Pentium G4500 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold 4417U and Pentium G4500 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.4no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold 4417U and Pentium G4500.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1216

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.

Pentium Gold 4417U 2.04
+15.9%
Pentium G4500 1.76

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.

Pentium Gold 4417U 3240
+15.8%
Pentium G4500 2797

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.

Pentium Gold 4417U 422
Pentium G4500 705
+67.1%

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.

Pentium Gold 4417U 884
Pentium G4500 1142
+29.2%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.04 1.76
Integrated graphics card 1.85 2.60
Recency 15 February 2019 1 September 2015
Threads 4 2
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 51 Watt

Pentium Gold 4417U has a 15.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, 100% more threads, and 240% lower power consumption.

Pentium G4500, on the other hand, has 40.5% faster integrated GPU.

The Pentium Gold 4417U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium G4500 in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium Gold 4417U is a notebook processor while Pentium G4500 is a desktop one.


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