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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 9 5900X outperforms the cheaper Pentium Gold G6405 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Pentium Gold G6405 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Ryzen 9 5900X is 131 days older than the cheaper Pentium Gold G6405.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
- Performs up to 30% better in New World than Pentium Gold G6405 - 135 vs 104 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium Gold G6405 - 24 vs 4 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium Gold G6405
- Up to 62% cheaper than Ryzen 9 5900X - CA$122.18 vs CA$319.0
- Up to 50% better value when playing New World than Ryzen 9 5900X - CA$1.17 vs CA$2.36 per FPS
- Consumes up to 45% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - 58 vs 105 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 9 5900X doesn't have integrated graphics
New World
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
FPS
135
100%
Value, CA$/FPS
CA$2.36/FPS
49.57627118644068%
Price, CA$
CA$319
38%
FPS Winner
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-core, 24-thread unlocked desktop processor without cooler
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Pentium Gold G6405
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
104
77.03703703703704%
Value, CA$/FPS
CA$1.17/FPS
100%
Price, CA$
CA$122.18
100%
Value Winner
Intel Pentium Gold G6405 4.1GHz 4MB Desktop Processor Boxed
Buy for CA$122.18 on Amazon
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Updated 177 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Pentium Gold G6405
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Pentium Gold G6405
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Single-Core
848
38.91693437356585%
Multi-Core
1760
14.811074644450054%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | vs | Intel Pentium Gold G6405 |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 5th, 2020 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Ryzen 9 | Collection | Pentium Gold |
| Vermeer | Codename | Comet Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
12 | Cores | 2 |
24 | Threads | 4 |
| 3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 4.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 105 W | TDP | 58 W |
7 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 37.0x | Multiplier | 41.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 610 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Ryzen 9 5900X or Pentium Gold G6405
New World, 1920 x 1080, Very High
104 FPS
CA$52.88/FPS
GeForce RTX 3090
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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CA$5,499
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68 FPS
CA$36.91/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 4 TB HDD
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CA$2,509.99
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