Intel Pentium Gold G6405 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6136

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Intel Pentium Gold G6405 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Gold 6136
Intel Pentium Gold G6405 Intel Xeon Gold 6136

CPU comparison

Intel Pentium Gold G6405 or Intel Xeon Gold 6136 - 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 G6405 has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.10 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold G6405 was released in Q1/2021.

The Intel Xeon Gold 6136 has 12 cores with 24 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 768 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6136 was released in Q3/2017.
Intel Pentium (150) Family Intel Xeon Gold (148)
Intel Pentium G6000 (12) CPU group Intel Xeon Gold 5100/6100 (34)
10 Generation 1
Comet Lake S Architecture Skylake
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium Gold G6405 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 4.10 GHz. The Intel Xeon Gold 6136 has 12 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.00 GHz (3.70 GHz).

Intel Pentium Gold G6405 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6136
2 Cores 12
4 Threads 24
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
4.10 GHz Frequency 3.00 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.70 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.30 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Pentium Gold G6405 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6136
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

Intel HD Graphics 610 GPU no iGPU
0.35 GHz GPU frequency --
1.05 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
9.5 GPU Generation --
14 nm Technology
3 Max. displays
12 Compute units --
96 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version --

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 610 GPU no iGPU
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Pentium Gold G6405 supports a maximum of 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6136 can connect up to 768 GB of memory in 6 memory channels.

Intel Pentium Gold G6405 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6136
DDR4-2666 Memory DDR4-2666
128 GB Max. Memory 768 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
42.7 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 128.1 GB/s
Yes ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 25.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
16 PCIe lanes 48
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Pentium Gold G6405 has a TDP of 58 W, that of the Intel Xeon Gold 6136 is 150 W.

Intel Pentium Gold G6405 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6136
58 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 150 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Pentium Gold G6405 has a 4.00 MB cache, while the Intel Xeon Gold 6136 cache has a total of 25.00 MB.

Intel Pentium Gold G6405 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6136
14 nm Technology 14 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, AVX-512
LGA 1200 Socket LGA 3647
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2021 Release date Q3/2017
77 $ Release price 2450 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

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 G6405 Intel Pentium Gold G6405
2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
1060 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6136 Intel Xeon Gold 6136
12C 24T @ 3.70 GHz
1027 (97%)

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 G6405 Intel Pentium Gold G6405
2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
2286 (21%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6136 Intel Xeon Gold 6136
12C 24T @ 3.30 GHz
10778 (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.
Intel Pentium Gold G6405 Intel Pentium Gold G6405
2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
890 (73%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6136 Intel Xeon Gold 6136
12C 24T @ 3.70 GHz
1223 (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 G6405 Intel Pentium Gold G6405
2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
4270 (19%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6136 Intel Xeon Gold 6136
12C 24T @ 3.30 GHz
22355 (100%)

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.
Intel Pentium Gold G6405 Intel Pentium Gold G6405
2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
1890 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6136 Intel Xeon Gold 6136
12C 24T @ 3.30 GHz
0 (0%)

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 G6405 Intel Pentium Gold G6405
Intel HD Graphics 610 @ 1.05 GHz
202 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6136 Intel Xeon Gold 6136
@ 0.00 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.
Intel Pentium Gold G6405 Intel Pentium Gold G6405
2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6136 Intel Xeon Gold 6136
12C 24T @ 3.70 GHz
162 (100%)

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 G6405 Intel Pentium Gold G6405
2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6136 Intel Xeon Gold 6136
12C 24T @ 3.30 GHz
2202 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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