Pentium Gold G5400 vs Phenom II X2 X640 BE

Athlon II P320 Athlon II P340 Athlon II P360 Phenom II X3 N830 Phenom II X4 N930 Phenom II X4 N970 Phenom II X4 P960 Turion II P520 Turion II P540 V-Series V120 V-Series V140 V-Series V160
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Celeron G4930 Core i3-8100 Core i3-9100 Core i5-8600 Core i5-9400 Core i5-9500 Core i5-9500T Core i5-9600 Core i5-9600KF Core i7-9700F Pentium Gold G5400 Pentium Gold G5420

Aggregate performance score

Phenom II X2 X640 BE
2011
2 cores / 2 threads, 45 Watt
1.01
Pentium Gold G5400
2018
2 cores / 4 threads, 58 Watt
2.35
+133%

Pentium Gold G5400 outperforms Phenom II X2 X640 BE by a whopping 133% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Phenom II X2 X640 BE Phenom II X2 X640 BE
Pentium Gold G5400 Pentium Gold G5400

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X2 X640 BE and Pentium Gold G5400 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking24551786
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data5.74
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Series2x AMD Phenom IIIntel Pentium Gold
Power efficiency2.124.36
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date12 May 2011 (13 years ago)2 April 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$64

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Phenom II X2 X640 BE and Pentium Gold G5400 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)
Threads24
Base clock speedno data3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rate3600 MHz4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data37
L1 cache256 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB256K (per core)
L3 cacheno data4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data126 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X2 X640 BE and Pentium Gold G5400 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketS1FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt58 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X2 X640 BE and Pentium Gold G5400. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, 3DNow!, SSE1-3A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, VirtualizationIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI-+
VirusProtect+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+

Security technologies

Phenom II X2 X640 BE and Pentium Gold G5400 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X2 X640 BE and Pentium Gold G5400 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X2 X640 BE and Pentium Gold G5400. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-2400
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

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 Phenom II X2 X640 BE and Pentium Gold G5400 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Phenom II X2 X640 BE and Pentium Gold G5400 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Phenom II X2 X640 BE and Pentium Gold G5400 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X2 X640 BE and Pentium Gold G5400.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 1.01 2.35
Recency 12 May 2011 2 April 2018
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 58 Watt

Phenom II X2 X640 BE has 28.9% lower power consumption.

Pentium Gold G5400, on the other hand, has a 132.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, 100% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Pentium Gold G5400 is our recommended choice as it beats the Phenom II X2 X640 BE in performance tests.

Be aware that Phenom II X2 X640 BE is a notebook processor while Pentium Gold G5400 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Phenom II X2 X640 BE and Pentium Gold G5400, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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