Intel Pentium 6405U vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium 6405U and AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - CPU mark, PassMark - Single thread mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium 6405U

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95 °C
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 32 GB
Launch date 1 Oct 2019 vs 8 April 2019
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 95 °C
Maximum memory size 64 GB vs 32 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7006 vs 2349
  • Around 41% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1953 vs 1387
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 8 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
L1 cache 384 KB vs 128 KB
L2 cache 2 MB vs 512 KB
L3 cache 4 MB vs 2 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 7006 vs 2349
PassMark - Single thread mark 1953 vs 1387

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium 6405U
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U

PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2349
7006
PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1387
1953
Name Intel Pentium 6405U AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U
PassMark - CPU mark 2349 7006
PassMark - Single thread mark 1387 1953
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 712
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2529

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Pentium 6405U AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U

Essentials

Architecture codename Comet Lake Zen+
Launch date 1 Oct 2019 8 April 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $161
Place in performance rating 1719 1618
Processor Number 6405U PRO 3500U
Series Intel Pentium Gold Processor Series 3000
Status Launched
Vertical segment Mobile Mobile
Family Ryzen 5
OPN Tray YM350BC4T4MFG

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.40 GHz 2.1 GHz
Bus Speed 4 GT/s
L1 cache 128 KB 384 KB
L2 cache 512 KB 2 MB
L3 cache 2 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 12 nm
Maximum core temperature 100°C 95 °C
Number of cores 2 4
Number of threads 4 8
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz
Number of GPU cores 8
Transistor count 4940 million
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 37.5 GB/s 35.76 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 GB 32 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133 DDR4-2400
ECC memory support
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 300 MHz 1200 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 950 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 32 GB
Processor graphics Intel UHD Graphics Radeon Vega 8 Graphics
Execution Units 8
iGPU core count 8
Number of pipelines 512

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3 4

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Compatibility

Configurable TDP-down 12.5 Watt
Configurable TDP-down Frequency 800 MHz
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Package Size 46mm x 24mm
Sockets supported FCBGA1528 FP5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 15 Watt
Configurable TDP 12-25 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 12 12
PCI Express revision 2.0 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x4, 2x2, 1x2+2x1 and 4x1 1x8+1x4, 2x4+1x4

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring
AMD SenseMI
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)