Intel Pentium Gold G7400T vs Intel Core i9-9900

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium Gold G7400T and Intel Core i9-9900 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 - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Gold G7400T

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 25% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Launch date 4 Jan 2022 vs 23 April 2019
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
L2 cache 2.5 MB vs 2 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i9-9900

  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
  • 12 more threads: 16 vs 4
  • 3.2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2.7x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2833 vs 2549
  • 2.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 16501 vs 5737
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 8 vs 2
Number of threads 16 vs 4
L1 cache 512 KB vs 160 KB
L3 cache 16 MB vs 6 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2833 vs 2549
PassMark - CPU mark 16501 vs 5737

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium Gold G7400T
CPU 2: Intel Core i9-9900

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2549
2833
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
5737
16501
Name Intel Pentium Gold G7400T Intel Core i9-9900
PassMark - Single thread mark 2549 2833
PassMark - CPU mark 5737 16501
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1263
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 7913
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 6750

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Pentium Gold G7400T Intel Core i9-9900

Essentials

Architecture codename Alder Lake Coffee Lake
Launch date 4 Jan 2022 23 April 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $77 $439, $449
Place in performance rating 974 971
Processor Number G7400T i9-9900
Series Intel Pentium Gold Processor Series
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family Core i9

Performance

64 bit support
L1 cache 160 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 2.5 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 6 MB 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 100°C 100 °C
Number of cores 2 8
Number of threads 4 16
Base frequency 3.10 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
Maximum frequency 5.00 GHz

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 41.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB 128 GB
Supported memory types Up to DDR5 4800 MT/s Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s DDR4-2666
ECC memory support

Graphics

Device ID 0x4693 0x3E98
Execution Units 16
Graphics base frequency 300 MHz 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.35 GHz 1.20 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel UHD Graphics 710 Intel UHD Graphics 630
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Max video memory 64 GB

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 4 3

Graphics image quality

Max resolution over DisplayPort 7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz 4096x2304@60Hz
4K resolution support
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Package Size 45.0 mm x 37.5 mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1700 FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt
Thermal Solution PCG 2020D PCG 2015C (65W)

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20 16
PCI Express revision 5.0 and 4.0 3.0
PCIe configurations Up to 1x16+4, 2x8+4 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability 1S Only 1S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Secure Boot
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
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 AVX2 Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility

Virtualization

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