Intel Core i5 8259U vs Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core i5 8259U with 4 cores 2.3GHz and Intel Pentium Gold 6405U with 2 cores 2.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Intel Core i5 8259U 's Advantages
Newer PCIe version (3.0 vs 2.0)
Larger L3 cache size (6MB vs 2MB)
Intel Pentium Gold 6405U 's Advantages
Released 1 years and 6 months late
Higher base frequency (2.4GHz vs 2.3GHz)
Lower TDP (15W vs 28W)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Core i5 8259U
+145%
1220
Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
497
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Core i5 8259U
+320%
4337
Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
1032
Geekbench 5 Single Core
Intel Core i5 8259U
+59%
918
Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
575
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
Intel Core i5 8259U
+200%
3945
Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
1312
Passmark CPU Single Core
Intel Core i5 8259U
+61%
2239
Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
1385
Passmark CPU Multi Core
Intel Core i5 8259U
+245%
8002
Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
2317
General Parameters
Apr 2018
Release Date
Oct 2019
Intel
Manufacturer
Intel
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Coffee Lake
Core Architecture
Comet Lake
i5-8259U
Processor Number
6405U
BGA-1528
Socket
BGA-1528
Iris Plus Graphics 655
Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics
Package
14 nm
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
28 W
Power Consumption
15 W
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
CPU Performance
4
Performance Cores
2
8
Performance Core Threads
4
2.3 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
3.8 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
-
4
Total Core Count
2
8
Total Thread Count
4
23x
Multiplier
-
64 K per core
L1 Cache
-
256 K per core
L2 Cache
-
6 MB shared
L3 Cache
2 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
-
Memory Parameters
DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Memory Types
DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
32 GB
Max Memory Size
64 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
37.5 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
37.5 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
300 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
-
1050 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
950 MHz
384
Shader Units
-
48
Texture Units
-
6
Raster Operation Units
-
48
Execution Units
-
15 W
Power Consumption
-
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Max Resolution
-
0.81 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
-
Miscellaneous
3.0
PCIe Version
2.0
16
PCIe Lanes
12
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2
