Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y vs Intel Core i5-1245U

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i5-1245U
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y Intel Core i5-1245U

CPU comparison

Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y or Intel Core i5-1245U - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.60 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y was released in Q2/2017.

The Intel Core i5-1245U has 10 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-1245U was released in Q1/2022.
Intel Pentium (150) Family Intel Core i5 (331)
Intel Pentium 4400 (5) CPU group Intel Core i 1200P/1200U (21)
7 Generation 12
Kaby Lake U Architecture Alder Lake U
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Core i5-1345U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y is 1.60 GHz while the Intel Core i5-1245U has 10 CPU cores and 12 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-1245U is at 1.60 GHz (4.40 GHz).

Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y Characteristic Intel Core i5-1245U
2 Cores 10
4 Threads 12
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.60 GHz A-Core 1.60 GHz (4.40 GHz)
2x Golden Cove
-- B-Core 1.20 GHz (3.30 GHz)
8x Gracemont

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.

Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y Characteristic Intel Core i5-1245U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y or Intel Core i5-1245U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Intel HD Graphics 615 GPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)
0.30 GHz GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
0.85 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.20 GHz
9.5 GPU Generation 13
14nm Technology 10 nm
3 Max. displays 4
24 Compute units 80
192 Shader 640
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
16 GB Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
12 DirectX Version 12.1

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.

Intel HD Graphics 615 GPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y can use up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 29.9 GB/s. The Intel Core i5-1245U supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 83.2 GB/s.

Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y Characteristic Intel Core i5-1245U
LPDDR3-1866, DDR3-1600 Memory LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4X-4266, DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
16 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
29.9 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 83.2 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 6.50 MB
2.00 MB L3 Cache 12.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 4.0
10 PCIe lanes 28
9.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 55.1 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y is 6 W, while the Intel Core i5-1245U has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y Characteristic Intel Core i5-1245U
6 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) 55 W
-- TDP up --
4.5 W TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y is manufactured in 14 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i5-1245U is manufactured in 10 nm and has a 18.50 MB cache.

Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y Characteristic Intel Core i5-1245U
14 nm Technology 10 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
BGA 1515 Socket BGA 1744
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2017 Release date Q1/2022
193 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y (26%)
Intel Core i5-1245U (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y (13%)
Intel Core i5-1245U (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.
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
427 (26%)
Intel Core i5-1245U Intel Core i5-1245U
10C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
1644 (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.
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
979 (12%)
Intel Core i5-1245U Intel Core i5-1245U
10C 12T @ 2.20 GHz
7890 (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.
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
Intel HD Graphics 615 @ 0.85 GHz
326 (22%)
Intel Core i5-1245U Intel Core i5-1245U
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake) @ 1.20 GHz
1487 (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.
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
1714 (13%)
Intel Core i5-1245U Intel Core i5-1245U
10C 12T @ 2.20 GHz
13411 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-1245U Intel Core i5-1245U
10C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
89 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-1245U Intel Core i5-1245U
10C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
356 (100%)

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.
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
66 (100%)
Intel Core i5-1245U Intel Core i5-1245U
10C 12T @ 4.40 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.
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
166 (100%)
Intel Core i5-1245U Intel Core i5-1245U
10C 12T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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