Pentium Gold G5500 vs Pentium Gold G6405

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Performance Comparison

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🏆 Chipversus Verdict

🚀 Performance Leadership

Performance Trade-off: The Pentium Gold G6405 leads in gaming performance. However, the Pentium Gold G5500 is the stronger candidate for professional workloads, offering 0.8% greater multi-core processing power.

Insight	Pentium Gold G5500	Pentium Gold G6405
Gaming	❌ Lower gaming performance	✅ Superior gaming performance
Workstation	✅ Better multi-core power	❌ Weaker in multi-core tasks
Price	Equivalent pricing	Equivalent pricing
Longevity	✨ Modern (Coffee Lake (2017−2019) / 14 nm)	✨ Modern (Comet Lake-R (2021) / 14 nm)

💎 Value Proposition

Insight	Pentium Gold G5500	Pentium Gold G6405
Cost Efficiency	❌ Lower cost efficiency	❌ Lower cost efficiency
Upfront Cost	Equivalent pricing	Equivalent pricing

Performance Check

Paired with RTX 4090

To accurately isolate CPU performance, all benchmarks below use an NVIDIA RTX 4090 as the reference GPU. This eliminates GPU-side bottlenecks and highlights pure processing throughput differences between the CPUs.

Note: Real-world results may vary based on your actual GPU. CPU performance impact is more visible in processing-intensive titles and high-refresh-rate gaming scenarios.

Pentium Gold G5500 Benchmark Check

Pentium Gold G6405 Benchmark Check

Technical Specifications

Side-by-side comparison of Pentium Gold G5500 and Pentium Gold G6405

Pentium Gold G5500

The Pentium Gold G5500 is manufactured by Intel. It was released in 2 April 2018 (7 years ago). It is based on the Coffee Lake (2017−2019) architecture. It features 2 cores and 4 threads. Base frequency is 3.8 GHz, with boost up to 3.8 GHz. L3 cache: 4 MB (total). L2 cache: 256K (per core). Built on 14 nm process technology. Socket: LGA1151. Thermal design power (TDP): 54 Watt. Memory support: DDR4-2400. Passmark benchmark score: 3,846 points. Launch price was $75.

Pentium Gold G6405

The Pentium Gold G6405 is manufactured by Intel. It was released in 16 March 2021 (4 years ago). It is based on the Comet Lake-R (2021) architecture. It features 2 cores and 4 threads. Base frequency is 4.1 GHz, with boost up to 4.1 GHz. L3 cache: 4 MB (total). L2 cache: 256 kB (per core). Built on 14 nm process technology. Socket: LGA1200. Thermal design power (TDP): 15 Watt. Memory support: DDR4-2666. Passmark benchmark score: 3,817 points. Launch price was $64.

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Processing Power

Both the Pentium Gold G5500 and Pentium Gold G6405 share an identical 2-core/4-thread configuration. Boost clocks reach 3.8 GHz on the Pentium Gold G5500 versus 4.1 GHz on the Pentium Gold G6405 — a 7.6% clock advantage for the Pentium Gold G6405 (base: 3.8 GHz vs 4.1 GHz). The Pentium Gold G5500 uses the Coffee Lake (2017−2019) architecture (14 nm), while the Pentium Gold G6405 uses Comet Lake-R (2021) (14 nm). In PassMark, the Pentium Gold G5500 scores 3,846 against the Pentium Gold G6405's 3,817 — a 0.8% lead for the Pentium Gold G5500. Both processors carry 4 MB (total) of L3 cache.

Feature	Pentium Gold G5500	Pentium Gold G6405
Cores / Threads	2 / 4	2 / 4
Boost Clock	3.8 GHz	4.1 GHz+8%
Base Clock	3.8 GHz	4.1 GHz+8%
L3 Cache	4 MB (total)	4 MB (total)
L2 Cache	256K (per core)	256 kB (per core)
Process	14 nm	14 nm
Architecture	Coffee Lake (2017−2019)	Comet Lake-R (2021)
PassMark	3,846	3,817

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Memory & Platform

The Pentium Gold G5500 uses the LGA1151 socket (PCIe 3.0), while the Pentium Gold G6405 uses LGA1200 (PCIe 3.0) — making them incompatible on the same motherboard.