Intel Pentium Gold G6405 Coffee Lake Processor

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Intel Pentium Gold G6405 Coffee Lake Processor

The Intel Pentium Gold G6405 Coffee Lake Processor comes with 4M Cache, 4.10 GHz Processor Base Frequency. This Intel Pentium Gold G6405 processor comes with a new breed that has an integrated Intel UHD Graphics 610, so a separate graphics card is not required for its functionality. This new Comet Lake micro architecture is manufactured with the 14nm process (Lithography) that comes with 2 cores and Hyper Threading. As this chip is updated to the latest BIOS revision, it nicely fits into any Intel 300-series motherboard. Focusing on this, all the major motherboard manufacturers have already started BIOS updates for their 300-series lineup Additionally, this Intel Pentium Gold G6405 processor also supports dual-channel 2666 MHz DDR4 memory and utilizes 10th-generation Intel technology.

Intel Pentium Gold G6405 Coffee Lake Processor comes with the base frequency of 4.10 GHz. It has the 4MB Intel Smart Cache containing 2 cores and 4 threads. With the bus speed of 8 GT/s DMI, it has thermal design power (TDP) rating of 58 W. This latest processor has few expansion options such 3.0 PCI express revision having configured up to Up to 1×16, 2×8, 1×8+2×4 and maximum 16 PCI Express Lanes. Considering the memory this processor has dual channel of max 128 GB Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type) that supports up to DDR4-2666 bus speed.This Pentium Gold G6405 processor comes with 2.0 Intel turbo boost and I/O (VT-d) Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed on the process of advanced technology. This Optane Memory supported chip also has Intel VT-x with extended page tables (EPT). Furthermore, Enhanced Intel Speed Step and Intel Identity Protection Technology are integrated to increase its efficiency.

The Pentium Gold G6405 comes with integrated Intel UHD 610 graphics, which supports up to three displays with a maximum resolution of 4096 x 2304 at 60Hz with supported motherboards. The latest Intel Pentium Gold G6405 Coffee Lake Processor has 03 Years (No Warranty for Fan or Cooler).

Intel Pentium Gold G6405 Processor Review

The only definitive benefits to buying one of these newer Pentiums will come from the motherboard that you use, as there may be some notable component-level improvements there. Many OEMs have opted to use 2.5Gbit Ethernet controllers on their better LGA1200 motherboards, for example, which makes for a nice upgrade over the single-gigabit controllers that were ubiquitous on LGA1151 boards. Having an LGA1200 board also means you will be able to upgrade to a higher-end processor down the road, like the top-end Core i9-10900K or, presumably, one of the coming 11th Generation Rocket Lake chips.

These two points are, realistically, the most attractive features of using one of Intel’s G6000-series Pentium Gold processors, and should be taken into consideration when making your decision. The thing is, though, LGA1200-compatible motherboards remain a bit costly a little under a year after the launch of the platform.

As for the Pentium Gold G6405 itself, this processor comes equipped with two Hyper-Threading-enabled CPU cores that are clocked at 4GHz, allowing for up to four concurrent processing threads. Turbo Boost is not enabled, like with the 10th Generation Celeron G5920 we are reviewing alongside the G6405. The chip also has 4MB of cache and a 58-watt thermal design power (TDP) rating. It also has a slightly improved memory controller that can now officially support memory clocked at 2,666MHz, an upgrade over the 2,400MHz limitation of the outgoing G5000-series Pentiums.

The higher clock speed and the Hyper-Threading support enabled the G6405 to beat out the Celeron G4920 that utilizes the same IGP silicon. That’s the Pentium G6405’s only win, though, as everything else in this lot beats it by a hefty margin. Even the last-gen Pentium Gold we tested, with slightly more muscular UHD Graphics 630, outpaced the G6405. It’s really not much of a win, either, when you consider that only one of these games (CS:GO) was technically playable on the Pentium Gold, and that with the resolution turned down to 720p and the graphics settings to Medium.