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Intel Pentium Gold G6400 vs Intel Core i5-10210U. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q2/2020
Intel Pentium Gold G6400
Intel Pentium Gold G6400
Released
Q3/2019
Overall score
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Intel Core i5-10210U
Intel Core i5-10210U

What's the best choice Intel Pentium Gold G6400 or Intel Core i5-10210U? Which processor is faster?

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

Intel Pentium Gold G6400 has a maximum frequency of 4.00 GHz. 2 Cores. Power consumption of 58 W. Released in Q2/2020.

Intel Core i5-10210U has a maximum frequency of 1.60 GHz. 4 Cores. Power consumption of 15 W. Released in Q3/2019.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1014 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 60% better clock speed

    4.00 GHz left arrow 1.60 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Pentium Gold G6400 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    293 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    299 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    608 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    540 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    929 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1331 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
    244 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    270 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    813 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    About 2 times more cores

    4 left arrow 2
  • Performance per watt

    About 0.26 times less performance per watt

    15 W left arrow 58 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i5-10210U CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    275 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    301 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    283 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    387 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    478 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    609 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    812 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    617 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
    192 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Pentium Gold G6400 Intel Pentium Gold G6400
Intel Core i5-10210U Intel Core i5-10210U
CPU family and group

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

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Mobile
  • Family
    Intel Pentium left arrow Intel Core i5
  • Generation
    10 left arrow 10
  • CPU group
    Intel Pentium G6000 left arrow Intel Core i 10000U
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
    4.00 GHz left arrow 1.60 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    2 left arrow 4
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    No turbo left arrow 4.20 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    4 left arrow 8
  • 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 HD Graphics 610 left arrow Intel UHD Graphics (Comet Lake)
  • GPU frequency
    0.35 GHz left arrow 0.30 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    1.05 GHz left arrow 1.10 GHz
  • Execution units
    12 left arrow 24
  • Shader
    96 left arrow 192
  • Max. GPU Memory
    32 GB left arrow --
  • 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
    Q3/2016 left arrow Q3/2019
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 i5-10210U and Intel Pentium Gold G6400. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-2666 left arrow DDR4-2666LPDDR3-2133LPDDR4-2933
  • Max. Memory
    128 GB left arrow 64 GB
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 3.0
  • PCIe lanes
    16 left arrow 16
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Pentium Gold G6400 and Intel Core i5-10210U to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

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

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Pentium Gold G6400 and Intel Pentium Gold G6400, 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
    4.00 MB left arrow 6.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Comet Lake S left arrow Comet Lake U
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Socket
    LGA 1200 left arrow BGA 1526
  • Release date
    Q2/2020 left arrow Q3/2019

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Pentium Gold G6400 and Intel Core i5-10210U.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading
415
Intel Pentium Gold G6400
426
Intel Core i5-10210U
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
166
Intel Pentium Gold G6400
168
Intel Core i5-10210U
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
416
Intel Pentium Gold G6400
766
Intel Core i5-10210U
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
994
Intel Pentium Gold G6400
1067
Intel Core i5-10210U
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
2184
Intel Pentium Gold G6400
4146
Intel Core i5-10210U
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games
202
Intel Pentium Gold G6400
422
Intel Core i5-10210U

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