Intel Pentium Gold G5400 vs Intel Core i5-9600K

Intel Pentium Gold G5400
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3700 MHz / Cores: 2 / Apr 2018
Intel Pentium Gold G5400
Intel Core i5-9600K
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3700 MHz / Cores: 6 / Sep 2018
Intel Core i5-9600K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Pentium Gold G5400
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-9600K
    191%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium Gold G5400
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-9600K
    120%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium Gold G5400
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-9600K
    263%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium Gold G5400

44 watts lower power draw.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-9600K

Much higher single threaded performance (around 20% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 163% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 91% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i5-9600K

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-9600K

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-9600K

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-9600K

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Pentium Gold G5400Intel Core i5-9600K
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0
HT

Architecture

Intel Pentium Gold G5400Intel Core i5-9600K
ArchitectureIntel_CoffelakevsIntel_Coffelake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameCoffee LakevsCoffee Lake
Release DateApr 2018vsSep 2018

Cores

Intel Pentium Gold G5400Intel Core i5-9600K
Cores2vs6
Threads4vs6
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 630vsUHD Graphics 630

Cache

Intel Pentium Gold G5400Intel Core i5-9600K
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache6144 KB (shared)vs9216 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Pentium Gold G5400Intel Core i5-9600K
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp72°Cvs72°C
PackageFC-LGA1151vsFC-LGA1151
Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Pentium Gold G5400Intel Core i5-9600K
Cpu Frequency3700 MHzvs3700 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs4500 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsvariable
TDP51 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium Gold G5400
    4440 points
  • Intel Core i5-9600K
    5400 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium Gold G5400
    10656 points
  • Intel Core i5-9600K
    26640 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium Gold G5400 (simulated)
    159.02
  • Intel Core i5-9600K (simulated)
    191.25

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium Gold G5400 (simulated)
    470.67
  • Intel Core i5-9600K (simulated)
    1240.82

points - higher is better