Intel Xeon Gold 6209U vs Intel Pentium Gold G6405T

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Intel Xeon Gold 6209U CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium Gold G6405T
Intel Xeon Gold 6209U Intel Pentium Gold G6405T

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon Gold 6209U or Intel Pentium Gold G6405T - 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 Xeon Gold 6209U has 20 cores with 40 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz. Up to 1024 GB of memory is supported in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6209U was released in Q2/2019.

The Intel Pentium Gold G6405T has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold G6405T was released in Q1/2021.
Intel Xeon Gold (163) Family Intel Pentium (150)
Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 (55) CPU group Intel Pentium G6000 (12)
2 Generation 10
Cascade Lake Architecture Comet Lake S
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Gold 6209U has 20 CPU cores and can calculate 40 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Gold 6209U is 2.10 GHz (3.90 GHz) while the Intel Pentium Gold G6405T has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium Gold G6405T is at 3.50 GHz.

Intel Xeon Gold 6209U Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold G6405T
20 Cores 2
40 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.10 GHz Frequency 3.50 GHz
3.90 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
2.50 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

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 Xeon Gold 6209U Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold G6405T
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Xeon Gold 6209U or Intel Pentium Gold G6405T 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.

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

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

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon Gold 6209U can use up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 140.7 GB/s. The Intel Pentium Gold G6405T supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 42.7 GB/s.

Intel Xeon Gold 6209U Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold G6405T
DDR4-2933 Memory DDR4-2666
1024 GB Max. Memory 128 GB
6 (Hexa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
140.7 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 42.7 GB/s
Yes ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
27.50 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
48 PCIe lanes 16
47.3 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Xeon Gold 6209U is 125 W, while the Intel Pentium Gold G6405T has a TDP of 35 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Xeon Gold 6209U Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold G6405T
125 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 35 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 25 W
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Gold 6209U is manufactured in 14 nm and has 27.50 MB cache. The Intel Pentium Gold G6405T is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.

Intel Xeon Gold 6209U Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold G6405T
14 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
LGA 3647 Socket LGA 1200
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
Q2/2019 Release date Q1/2021
1350 $ Release price 77 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon Gold 6209U (100%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6405T (80%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon Gold 6209U (100%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6405T (13%)

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 Xeon Gold 6209U Intel Xeon Gold 6209U
20C 40T @ 3.90 GHz
1107 (100%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6405T Intel Pentium Gold G6405T
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
889 (80%)

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 Xeon Gold 6209U Intel Xeon Gold 6209U
20C 40T @ 2.50 GHz
15089 (100%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6405T Intel Pentium Gold G6405T
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
1935 (13%)

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 Xeon Gold 6209U Intel Xeon Gold 6209U
20C 40T @ 3.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6405T Intel Pentium Gold G6405T
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
762 (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 Xeon Gold 6209U Intel Xeon Gold 6209U
20C 40T @ 2.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6405T Intel Pentium Gold G6405T
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
1680 (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 Xeon Gold 6209U Intel Xeon Gold 6209U
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6405T Intel Pentium Gold G6405T
Intel HD Graphics 610 @ 1.05 GHz
202 (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 Xeon Gold 6209U Intel Xeon Gold 6209U
20C 40T @ 2.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6405T Intel Pentium Gold G6405T
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
3755 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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