Athlon 5370 vs Pentium Gold G6405

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold G6405 and Athlon 5370 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1741	2372
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	4.35	4.54
Architecture codename	Comet Lake-R (2021)	Kabini (2013−2014)
Release date	16 March 2021 (3 years ago)	9 April 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$64	no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold G6405 and Athlon 5370 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	4.1 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.1 GHz	2.2 GHz
Bus rate	8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	2048 KB
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Die size	no data	107 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	76 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	72 °C	90 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold G6405 and Athlon 5370 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
Socket	1200	AM1
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold G6405 and Athlon 5370. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	FMA4
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
TSX	+	-

Security technologies

Pentium Gold G6405 and Athlon 5370 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

+

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold G6405 and Athlon 5370 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold G6405 and Athlon 5370. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR3-1600
Max memory channels	no data	1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel UHD Graphics 610	AMD Radeon R3 Graphics
จำนวนพาธไลน์	no data	128
Enduro	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold G6405 and Athlon 5370 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold G6405 and Athlon 5370 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold G6405 and Athlon 5370.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	16	4

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	2.65	1.19
Recency	16 March 2021	9 April 2014
Physical cores	2	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	25 Watt

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