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Intel Pentium Gold 6405U vs Intel Core i3-8145U. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q4/2019
Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
Released
Q3/2018
Overall score
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Intel Core i3-8145U
Intel Core i3-8145U

What's the best choice Intel Pentium Gold 6405U or Intel Core i3-8145U? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Intel Pentium Gold 6405U has a maximum frequency of 2.40 GHz. 2 Cores. Power consumption of 15 W. Released in Q4/2019.

Intel Core i3-8145U has a maximum frequency of 2.10 GHz. 2 Cores. Power consumption of 15 W. Released in Q3/2018.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1756 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 13% better clock speed

    2.40 GHz left arrow 2.10 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Pentium Gold 6405U CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1058 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1185 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1377 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    1137 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    963 left arrow score

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i3-8145U CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    363 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    674 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    499 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    932 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    950 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    269 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    466 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    222 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    509 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
    108 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    804 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Pentium Gold 6405U Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
Intel Core i3-8145U Intel Core i3-8145U
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Mobile
  • Family
    Intel Pentium left arrow Intel Core i3
  • Generation
    10 left arrow 8
  • CPU group
    Intel Pentium 6000 left arrow Intel Core i 8000U
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    2.40 GHz left arrow 2.10 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    2 left arrow 2
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    No turbo left arrow 3.90 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    4 left arrow 4
  • Turbo (2 Cores)
    No turbo left arrow 2.80 GHz
  • Hyperthreading
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    Intel UHD Graphics 610 left arrow Intel UHD Graphics 620
  • GPU frequency
    0.30 GHz left arrow 0.30 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    0.95 GHz left arrow 1.00 GHz
  • Execution units
    12 left arrow 24
  • Shader
    96 left arrow 192
  • Max. GPU Memory
    64 GB left arrow 64 GB
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow 3
  • Generation
    9.5 left arrow 9.5
  • DirectX Version
    12 left arrow 12
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Release date
    Q4/2017 left arrow Q3/2016
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-8145U and Intel Pentium Gold 6405U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-2400LPDDR3-2133 left arrow DDR4-2400LPDDR3-2133
  • Max. Memory
    64 GB left arrow 64 GB
  • ECC
    No left arrow Yes
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • PCIe version
    2.0 left arrow 3.0
  • PCIe lanes
    12 left arrow 16
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Pentium Gold 6405U and Intel Core i3-8145U to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    15 W left arrow 15 W
  • TDP up
    -- left arrow 25 W
  • TDP down
    12.5 W left arrow 10 W
  • Tjunction max.
    100 °C left arrow 100 °C
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Pentium Gold 6405U and Intel Pentium Gold 6405U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
  • L3-Cache
    2.00 MB left arrow 4.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Comet Lake U left arrow Whiskey Lake U
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Socket
    BGA 1528 left arrow BGA 1528
  • Release date
    Q4/2019 left arrow Q3/2018

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Pentium Gold 6405U and Intel Core i3-8145U.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
578
Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
1036
Intel Core i3-8145U
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
1320
Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
2176
Intel Core i3-8145U
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games
182
Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
384
Intel Core i3-8145U
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks
2506
Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
5410
Intel Core i3-8145U

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