Pentium Gold G6405 vs Ryzen 5 3450U

Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 3450U
2020
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.24
+58.8%
Pentium Gold G6405
2021
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.67

Ryzen 5 3450U outperforms Pentium Gold G6405 by an impressive 59% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3450U and Pentium Gold G6405 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking13821721
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)no data
Power efficiency26.754.36
Architecture codenamePicasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)Comet Lake-R (2021)
Release date1 May 2020 (4 years ago)16 March 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$64

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3450U 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)
Threads84
Base clock speed2.1 GHz4.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz4.1 GHz
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
L1 cache384 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB256 KB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography12 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors4500 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3450U 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 configurationno data1
SocketFP5FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3450U and Pentium Gold G6405. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 3450U and Pentium Gold G6405 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 5 3450U and Pentium Gold G6405 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3450U and Pentium Gold G6405. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4-2666
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data41.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz)Intel 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 Ryzen 5 3450U and Pentium Gold G6405 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 5 3450U and Pentium Gold G6405 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 5 3450U and Pentium Gold G6405 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3450U and Pentium Gold G6405.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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 5 3450U 4.24
+58.8%
Pentium Gold G6405 2.67

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 5 3450U 6738
+58.8%
Pentium Gold G6405 4244

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.24 2.67
Integrated graphics card 4.51 1.89
Recency 1 May 2020 16 March 2021
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 12 nm 14 nm

Ryzen 5 3450U has a 58.8% higher aggregate performance score, 138.6% faster integrated GPU, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium Gold G6405, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 months.

The Ryzen 5 3450U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold G6405 in performance tests.

Be aware that Ryzen 5 3450U is a notebook processor while Pentium Gold G6405 is a desktop one.


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