AMD Athlon 5350 vs Intel Pentium Gold 6405U

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AMD Athlon 5350 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
AMD Athlon 5350 Intel Pentium Gold 6405U

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the AMD Athlon 5350 and the Intel Pentium Gold 6405U and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the AMD Athlon 5350 4 core processor released in Q2/2014 with the Intel Pentium Gold 6405U which has 2 CPU cores and was introduced in Q4/2019.
AMD Athlon (29) Family Intel Pentium (150)
AMD Athlon 5000 (2) CPU group Intel Pentium 6000 (1)
3 Generation 10
Kabini (Jaguar) Architecture Comet Lake U
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Athlon 5350 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.05 GHz. The processor can compute 4 threads at the same time. The Intel Pentium Gold 6405U clocks with 2.40 GHz, has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel.

AMD Athlon 5350 Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
4 Cores 2
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
Yes Overclocking ? No
2.05 GHz Frequency 2.40 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

AMD Athlon 5350 Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

AMD Radeon HD 8400 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 610
0.60 GHz GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.95 GHz
5 GPU Generation 9.5
28 nm Technology 14 nm
2 Max. displays 3
2 Compute units 12
128 Shader 96
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
11.1 DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

AMD Radeon HD 8400 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 610
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to GB of memory in a maximum of 1 memory channels is supported by the AMD Athlon 5350, while the Intel Pentium Gold 6405U supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 38.4 GB/s enabled.

AMD Athlon 5350 Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
DDR3L-1600 Memory LPDDR3-2133, DDR4-2400
Max. Memory 64 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
12.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
2.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
-- PCIe version 2.0
-- PCIe lanes 12
-- PCIe Bandwidth 6.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The AMD Athlon 5350 has a TDP of 25 W. The TDP of the Intel Pentium Gold 6405U is 15 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

AMD Athlon 5350 Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
25 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 12.5 W
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The AMD Athlon 5350 has 2.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 28 nm. The cache of Intel Pentium Gold 6405U is at 2.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 14 nm.

AMD Athlon 5350 Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
28 nm Technology 14 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
AM1 Socket BGA 1528
AMD-V Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2014 Release date Q4/2019
47 $ Release price 193 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon 5350 (45%)
Intel Pentium Gold 6405U (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon 5350 (70%)
Intel Pentium Gold 6405U (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Athlon 5350 AMD Athlon 5350
4C 4T @ 2.05 GHz
269 (45%)
Intel Pentium Gold 6405U Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
592 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Athlon 5350 AMD Athlon 5350
4C 4T @ 2.05 GHz
865 (65%)
Intel Pentium Gold 6405U Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1340 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD Athlon 5350 AMD Athlon 5350
AMD Radeon HD 8400 @ 0.60 GHz
154 (84%)
Intel Pentium Gold 6405U Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
Intel UHD Graphics 610 @ 0.95 GHz
182 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD Athlon 5350 AMD Athlon 5350
4C 4T @ 2.05 GHz
1755 (75%)
Intel Pentium Gold 6405U Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
2329 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD Athlon 5350 AMD Athlon 5350
4C 4T @ 2.05 GHz
236 (100%)
Intel Pentium Gold 6405U Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD Athlon 5350 AMD Athlon 5350
4C 4T @ 2.05 GHz
708 (100%)
Intel Pentium Gold 6405U Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Athlon 5350 AMD Athlon 5350
4C 4T @ 2.05 GHz
95 (100%)
Intel Pentium Gold 6405U Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Athlon 5350 AMD Athlon 5350
4C 4T @ 2.05 GHz
336 (100%)
Intel Pentium Gold 6405U Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Athlon 5350 AMD Athlon 5350
4C 4T @ 2.05 GHz
44 (100%)
Intel Pentium Gold 6405U Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Athlon 5350 AMD Athlon 5350
4C 4T @ 2.05 GHz
162 (100%)
Intel Pentium Gold 6405U Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

AMD Athlon 5350 Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
Unknown Lenovo Ideapad 3 17IML05

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