Pentium Gold G6405 vs Ryzen 3 1200X

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 1200X and Pentium Gold G6405 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1721
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiencyno data4.35
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)Comet Lake-R (2021)
Release dateno data16 March 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$64

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 1200X and Pentium Gold G6405 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threadsno data4
Base clock speedno data4.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz4.1 GHz
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
L1 cache128 KB (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)256 KB (per core)
L3 cache8192 KB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size192 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors4800 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 1200X and Pentium Gold G6405 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
SocketAM41200
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 1200X and Pentium Gold G6405. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Ryzen 3 1200X and Pentium Gold G6405 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 1200X and Pentium Gold G6405 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 1200X and Pentium Gold G6405. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4-2666

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics 610

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 1200X and Pentium Gold G6405.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 2
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 3 1200X has 100% more physical cores.

Pentium Gold G6405, on the other hand, has 333.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 3 1200X and Pentium Gold G6405. We've got no test results to judge.


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