Pentium Gold 5405U vs Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U
2018
4 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
3.61
+144%
Pentium Gold 5405U
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
1.48

Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U outperforms Pentium Gold 5405U by a whopping 144% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Pentium Gold 5405U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking15082166
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 3Intel Pentium, Pentium Gold
Power efficiency22.789.34
Architecture codenameRaven Ridge (2017−2018)Whiskey Lake-U (2018−2019)
Release date8 January 2018 (6 years ago)23 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$161

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Pentium Gold 5405U 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)
Threads44
Base clock speed2 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz2.3 GHz
Bus typeno dataOPI
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
Multiplier2023
L1 cache384 KB128 KB
L2 cache2 MB512 KB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size209.78 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors4950 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Pentium Gold 5405U 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFP5FCBGA1528
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Pentium Gold 5405U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
My WiFino data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Smart Responseno data+
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Pentium Gold 5405U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Pentium Gold 5405U 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 Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Pentium Gold 5405U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size32 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1100 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics for 8th Generation Intel Processors
Max video memoryno data32 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data950 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Pentium Gold 5405U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
DVIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Pentium Gold 5405U 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 Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Pentium Gold 5405U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Pentium Gold 5405U.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes1212

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.

Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U 3.61
+144%
Pentium Gold 5405U 1.48

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.

Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U 5737
+143%
Pentium Gold 5405U 2357

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U 2156
+62.8%
Pentium Gold 5405U 1324

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.61 1.48
Integrated graphics card 3.04 5.58
Recency 8 January 2018 23 January 2019
Physical cores 4 2

Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U has a 143.9% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores.

Pentium Gold 5405U, on the other hand, has 83.6% faster integrated GPU, and an age advantage of 1 year.

The Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold 5405U in performance tests.


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