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Pentium Gold G6405 vs Core i7-12700K

Pentium Gold G6405 vs Core i7-12700K: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i7-12700K outperforms Pentium Gold G6405 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i7-12700K is 233 days newer than Pentium Gold G6405.

Advantages of Pentium Gold G6405

  • Consumes up to 54% less energy than Intel Core i7-12700K - 58 vs 125 Watts

Advantages of Core i7-12700K

  • Performs up to 54% better in Starfield than Pentium Gold G6405 - 77 vs 50 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium Gold G6405 - 20 vs 4 threads
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Starfield

Starfield

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Pentium Gold G6405 Logo
Pentium Gold G6405

Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021


FPS

50

65%

Value, CA$/FPS

CA$2/FPS

100%

Price, CA$

CA$99.99

100%

Value Winner

Intel Pentium Gold G6405 4.1GHz 4MB Desktop Processor Boxed

Buy for CA$99.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 50 minutes ago

Intel Core i7-12700K Logo
Core i7-12700K

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


FPS

77

100%

Value, CA$/FPS

Price, CA$

FPS Winner

Trending Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Pentium Gold G6405 Logo
Pentium Gold G6405

Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021

Intel Core i7-12700K Logo
Core i7-12700K

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Pentium Gold G6405 Logo
Pentium Gold G6405

Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021


Single-Core

848

34%

Multi-Core

1760

13%

Intel Core i7-12700K Logo
Core i7-12700K

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


Single-Core

2531

100%

Multi-Core

13694

100%

Intel Pentium Gold G6405 Logo

Pentium Gold G6405

vs
Intel Core i7-12700K Logo

Core i7-12700K

Mar 16th, 2021Release Date
Nov 4th, 2021
Pentium GoldCollectionCore i7
Comet LakeCodenameAlder Lake
Intel Socket 1200SocketIntel Socket 1700
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
2Cores
12
4Threads
20
4.1 GHz
Base Clock Speed3.6 GHz
Non-TurboTurbo Clock Speed5.0 GHz
58 W
TDP125 W
14 nmProcess Size
10 nm
41.0x
Multiplier36.0x
UHD Graphics 610Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 770
NoOverclockable
Yes

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