Intel Pentium Gold 5405U Benchmark, Test and specs

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CPU lineage

The Intel Pentium Gold 5405U features 2 processor cores and has the capability to manage 4 threads concurrently. It was released in Q1/2019 and belongs to the 8 generation of the Intel Pentium series. To use the Intel Pentium Gold 5405U, you'll need a motherboard with a BGA 1528 socket.
Name: Intel Pentium Gold 5405U
Family: Intel Pentium
Group: Intel Pentium 5000
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 8

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium Gold 5405U has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium Gold 5405U is 2.3 GHz
CPU Cores: 2
Threads: 4
Cores: 2x
Core architecture: normal
Hyperthreading: Yes
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 2.3 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Intel Pentium Gold 5405U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Pentium Gold 5405U uses the Intel UHD Graphics 610, which has 96 texture shaders and 12 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
GPU name: Intel UHD Graphics 610
GPU frequency: 0.3 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 0.95 GHz
Execution units: 12
Shaders: 96
Max. GPU Memory: 32.0 GB
Max. displays: --
Generation: 9.5
Direct X: 12
Technology: 14 nm
Release date: Q4/2017

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
h265 / HEVC (8 bit): Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode / Encode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode / Encode
VP9: Decode / Encode
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The processor supports a maximum memory capacity of 64.0 GB distributed across 2 memory channels. It offers a peak memory bandwidth of 34.1 GB/s. Both the type and quantity of memory can have a substantial impact on the overall system performance.
Memory type: DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866
Max. Memory: 64.0 GB
Memory channels: 2
Bandwidth: 34.1 GB/s
ECC: No
PCIe: pci
AES-NI: Yes

Thermal Management

The processor has a thermal design power (TDP) of 15 W watts. TDP indicates the cooling solution needed to effectively manage the processor's heat. It generally provides an approximate indication of the actual power consumption of the CPU itself.
TDP (PL1 / PBP): 15 W
TDP (PL2): None
TDP up: None
TDP down: 12.5 W
Tjunction max: 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium Gold 5405U is manufactured using a 14 nm process. A smaller manufacturing process indicates a more contemporary and energy-efficient CPU. In total, this processor boasts a generous 2.0 MB cache. A substantial cache can significantly enhance the processor's performance, particularly in scenarios like gaming.
Technology: 14 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: BGA 1528
L2-Cache: 0 bytes
L3-Cache: 2.0 MB
Architecture: Whiskey Lake U
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux, Windows 11
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date: Q1/2019
Release price: 161 $
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet
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Benchmarks

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Intel Pentium 4405U
2C 4T @ 2.1 GHz
4830
4830
AMD A6-3430MX
4C 4T @ 1.7 GHz
4801
4801
Intel Pentium Gold 5405U
2C 4T @ 2.3 GHz
4793
4793
Intel Core i3-3220T
2C 4T @ 2.8 GHz
4782
4782
Intel Core i5-4260U
2C 4T @ 1.4 GHz
4777
4777

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Intel Core i5-8200Y
2C 4T @ 1.3 GHz
2272
2272
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850
4C 4T @ 3.0 GHz
2271
2271
Intel Pentium Gold 5405U
2C 4T @ 2.3 GHz
2270
2270
MediaTek Helio P65
NoneC NoneT @ --
2261
2261
Intel Celeron G5900E
2C 2T @ 3.2 GHz
2260
2260

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

AMD FX-4300
4C 4T @ 3.8 GHz
2186
2186
AMD FX-6350
6C 6T @ 3.9 GHz
2185
2185
Intel Pentium Gold 5405U
2C 4T @ 2.3 GHz
2181
2181
Intel Xeon E5-2640 v2
8C 16T @ 2.0 GHz
2170
2170
Intel Celeron 2970M
2C 2T @ 2.2 GHz
2170
2170

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

AMD Athlon II X4 635
4C 4T @ 2.9 GHz
1422
1422
Intel Core i7-7Y75
2C 4T @ 1.3 GHz
1403
1403
Intel Pentium Gold 5405U
2C 4T @ 2.3 GHz
1395
1395
Intel Core i3-8130U
2C 4T @ 2.2 GHz
1391
1391
AMD Athlon II X4 630
4C 4T @ 2.8 GHz
1373
1373

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

AMD Athlon II X4 638
4C 4T @ 2.7 GHz
1326
1326
Qualcomm Snapdragon 662
8C 8T @ 2.0 GHz
1325
1325
Intel Pentium Gold 5405U
2C 4T @ 2.3 GHz
1325
1325
Qualcomm Snapdragon 662
8C 8T @ 2.0 GHz
1325
1325
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6800
4C 4T @ 2.93 GHz
1321
1321

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.4 GHz
671
671
AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
2C 2T @ 2.3 GHz
668
668
Intel Pentium Gold 5405U
2C 4T @ 2.3 GHz
666
666
AMD A8-7650K
4C 4T @ 3.3 GHz
665
665
Intel Celeron N4100
4C 4T @ 1.1 GHz
664
664

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Intel Core i7-2635QM
4C 8T @ 2.0 GHz
579
579
Intel Celeron G1840
2C 2T @ 2.8 GHz
579
579
Intel Pentium Gold 5405U
2C 4T @ 2.3 GHz
579
579
Intel Celeron G1840
2C 2T @ 2.8 GHz
579
579
Intel Core i7-2635QM
4C 8T @ 2.0 GHz
579
579

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Intel Pentium G2020
2C 2T @ 2.9 GHz
558
558
Intel Core i3-8130U
2C 4T @ 2.2 GHz
556
556
Intel Pentium Gold 5405U
2C 4T @ 2.3 GHz
535
535
AMD Athlon II X4 860K
4C 4T @ 3.7 GHz
517
517
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9700
4C 4T @ 3.2 GHz
492
492

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Celeron G3930TE
2C 2T @ 2.7 GHz
182
182
Intel Core i7-2617M
2C 4T @ 1.5 GHz
182
182
Intel Pentium Gold 5405U
2C 4T @ 2.3 GHz
182
182
Intel Pentium 4405U
2C 4T @ 2.1 GHz
182
182
Intel Celeron G3900
2C 2T @ 2.8 GHz
182
182