Intel Pentium Gold G6605 Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Pentium Gold G6605 has 2 cores with 4 threads and is based on the 10. gen of the Intel Pentium series. The processor uses a mainboard with the LGA 1200 socket and was released in Q1/2021. The Intel Pentium Gold G6605 scores 1,103 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 2,462 points.
Intel Pentium Gold G6605

At a glance

Name: Intel Pentium Gold G6605
Family: Intel Pentium (150)
CPU group: Intel Pentium G6000 (12)
Architecture: Comet Lake S
Technology: 14 nm
Segment: Desktop
Generation: 10
Predecessor: --
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium Gold G6605 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium Gold G6605 is 4.30 GHz. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads: 2 / 4
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 2x
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 4.30 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): --
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores): --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Pentium Gold G6605 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Pentium Gold G6605 uses the Intel HD Graphics 630, which has 192 texture shaders and 24 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name: Intel HD Graphics 630
GPU frequency: 0.35 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.10 GHz
Compute units: 24
Shader: 192
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q2/2016
Max. displays: 3
Generation: 9.5
Direct X: 12
Technology: 14 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 64 GB
Frame Generation: No

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.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit): Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode / Encode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode / Encode
VP9: Decode / Encode
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The processor can use up to 128 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 42.7 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR4-2666
42.7 GB/s
Max. Memory: 128 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: Yes
PCIe: 3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth: 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 58 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 58 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium Gold G6605 is made in 14 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 4.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology: 14 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: LGA 1200
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 4.00 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems: Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release date: Q1/2021
Release price: 103 $
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Pentium Gold G6605 have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.


Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 is a partial load benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. In the single-core test, only the fastest CPU core is measured. The test run simulates the performance in practice.
Intel Core i3-4160T Intel Core i3-4160T
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
955
Intel Core i5-4570R Intel Core i5-4570R
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
952
Intel Core i3-4150T Intel Core i3-4150T
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
941
Intel Pentium Gold G6605 Intel Pentium Gold G6605
2C 4T @ 4.30 GHz
940
Intel Core i7-4765T Intel Core i7-4765T
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
938
Intel Xeon E5-2695 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2695 v3
14C 28T @ 3.30 GHz
936
Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3 Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3
8C 16T @ 2.90 GHz
922

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

The practical Geekbench 6 multi-core benchmark tests the system's performance under partial load. The processor's maximum power consumption is far from being used up.
Intel Core i5-3570S Intel Core i5-3570S
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
2131
Intel Core i7-960 Intel Core i7-960
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
2130
Intel Core i3-4130 Intel Core i3-4130
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
2101
Intel Pentium Gold G6605 Intel Pentium Gold G6605
2C 4T @ 4.30 GHz
2085
Intel Core i5-3550S Intel Core i5-3550S
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
2082
Intel Core i5-2550k Intel Core i5-2550k
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
2010
Intel Pentium Gold G6505 Intel Pentium Gold G6505
2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
1977

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 6242 Intel Xeon Gold 6242
16C 32T @ 3.90 GHz
1107
Intel Core i5-6600K Intel Core i5-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
1106
Intel Xeon Platinum 8268 Intel Xeon Platinum 8268
24C 48T @ 3.90 GHz
1104
Intel Pentium Gold G6605 Intel Pentium Gold G6605
2C 4T @ 4.30 GHz
1103
Intel Core i3-10305T Intel Core i3-10305T
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
1102
Intel Xeon Gold 6240L Intel Xeon Gold 6240L
18C 36T @ 3.90 GHz
1102
Intel Xeon Platinum 8270 Intel Xeon Platinum 8270
26C 52T @ 4.00 GHz
1102

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 Core i3-7320 Intel Core i3-7320
2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
2477
Intel Core i5-4430S Intel Core i5-4430S
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
2476
Intel Core i5-7400T Intel Core i5-7400T
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
2463
Intel Pentium Gold G6605 Intel Pentium Gold G6605
2C 4T @ 4.30 GHz
2462
Intel Core i7-975 Intel Core i7-975
4C 8T @ 3.33 GHz
2460
Intel Core i5-3470S Intel Core i5-3470S
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
2455
Intel Core i5-6500T Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
2449

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 A8-6500 AMD A8-6500
AMD Radeon HD 8570D @ 0.84 GHz
432
AMD A8-6600K AMD A8-6600K
AMD Radeon HD 8570D @ 0.84 GHz
432
AMD FX-7500 AMD FX-7500
AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Kaveri) @ 0.55 GHz
425
Intel Pentium Gold G6605 Intel Pentium Gold G6605
Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz
422
Intel Core i5-7500 Intel Core i5-7500
Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz
422
Intel Core i5-7600T Intel Core i5-7600T
Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz
422
Intel Core i5-7500T Intel Core i5-7500T
Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz
422

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 3000G AMD Athlon 3000G
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
4491
Intel Celeron G6900 Intel Celeron G6900
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz
4480
Intel Core i5-3450 Intel Core i5-3450
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
4480
Intel Pentium Gold G6605 Intel Pentium Gold G6605
2C 4T @ 4.30 GHz
4445
Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3
6C 6T @ 1.90 GHz
4431
Intel Core i3-6320 Intel Core i3-6320
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
4400
Intel Pentium Gold G6600 Intel Pentium Gold G6600
2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
4400

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