Athlon 5150 vs Pentium Gold 5405U

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Gold 5405U
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
1.54
+69.2%

Pentium Gold 5405U outperforms Athlon 5150 by an impressive 69% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold 5405U and Athlon 5150 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking21462544
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Pentium, Pentium Goldno data
Power efficiency9.363.32
Architecture codenameWhiskey Lake-U (2018−2019)Kabini (2013−2014)
Release date23 January 2019 (5 years ago)9 April 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 5405U and Athlon 5150 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed2.3 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus typeOPIno data
Bus rate4 GT/sno data
Multiplier23no data
L1 cache128 KB256 KB
L2 cache512 KB2048 KB
L3 cache2 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography14 nm28 nm
Die sizeno data107 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C76 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data90 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 5405U and Athlon 5150 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
SocketFCBGA1528AM1
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 5405U and Athlon 5150. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI++
FMA-FMA4
AVX-+
PowerNow-+
PowerGating-+
VirusProtect-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
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 5405U and Athlon 5150 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 5405U and Athlon 5150 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data
IOMMU 2.0-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold 5405U and Athlon 5150. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR3-1600
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels21
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® UHD Graphics for 8th Generation Intel® ProcessorsAMD Radeon R3 Graphics
Number of pipelinesno data128
Max video memory32 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Enduro-+
Switchable graphics-+
UVD-+
VCE-+
Graphics max frequency950 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 5405U and Athlon 5150 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 5405U and Athlon 5150 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 5405U and Athlon 5150 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12DirectX® 12
OpenGL4.5no data
Vulkan-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold 5405U and Athlon 5150.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes124

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 5405U 1.54
+69.2%
Athlon 5150 0.91

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 5405U 2357
+69.8%
Athlon 5150 1388

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.54 0.91
Recency 23 January 2019 9 April 2014
Physical cores 2 4
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 25 Watt

Pentium Gold 5405U has a 69.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

Athlon 5150, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores.

The Pentium Gold 5405U is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon 5150 in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium Gold 5405U is a notebook processor while Athlon 5150 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Gold 5405U and Athlon 5150, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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