Pentium Silver vs Pentium Gold G5400

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Gold G5400
2018
2 cores / 4 threads, 58 Watt
2.35
+23%

Pentium Gold G5400 outperforms Pentium Silver by a significant 23% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold G5400 and Pentium Silver processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking18001972
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.74no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesIntel Pentium Goldno data
Power efficiency4.36no data
Architecture codenameCoffee Lake (2017−2019)no data
Release date2 April 2018 (6 years ago)1 July 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$64no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold G5400 and Pentium Silver 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)no data
Threads4no data
Base clock speed3.7 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.7 GHzno data
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier37no data
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache256K (per core)no data
L3 cache4 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography14 nmno data
Die size126 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold G5400 and Pentium Silver 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)no data
SocketFCLGA1151no data
Power consumption (TDP)58 Wattno data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold G5400 and Pentium Silver. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-

Security technologies

Pentium Gold G5400 and Pentium Silver technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold G5400 and Pentium Silver are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold G5400 and Pentium Silver. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400no data
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 610no data
Max video memory64 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.05 GHzno data
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold G5400 and Pentium Silver integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold G5400 and Pentium Silver 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 G5400 and Pentium Silver integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold G5400 and Pentium Silver.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes16no data

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 G5400 2.35
+23%
Pentium Silver 1.91

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 G5400 3738
+23.1%
Pentium Silver 3037

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.35 1.91
Recency 2 April 2018 1 July 2020

Pentium Gold G5400 has a 23% higher aggregate performance score.

Pentium Silver, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years.

The Pentium Gold G5400 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver in performance tests.

Note that Pentium Gold G5400 is a desktop processor while Pentium Silver is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Gold G5400 and Pentium Silver, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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