Pentium Gold G6405 vs Core i7-9700K

Key Differences

In short — Core i7-9700K 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 Core i7-9700K is 879 days older than the cheaper Pentium Gold G6405.

Advantages of Pentium Gold G6405

Up to 73% cheaper than Core i7-9700K - CA$97.99 vs CA$368.23
Up to 71% better value when playing God of War than Core i7-9700K - CA$0.59 vs CA$2.07 per FPS
Consumes up to 39% less energy than Intel Core i7-9700K - 58 vs 95 Watts

Advantages of Core i7-9700K

Performs up to 7% better in God of War than Pentium Gold G6405 - 178 vs 167 FPS
Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium Gold G6405 - 8 vs 4 threads

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God of War

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Pentium Gold G6405

Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021

FPS

167

94%

Value, CA$/FPS

CA$0.59/FPS

100%

Price, CA$

CA$97.99

100%

Value Winner

Intel Pentium Gold G6405 4.1GHz 4MB Desktop Processor Boxed

Buy for CA$97.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 364 minutes ago

Core i7-9700K

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018

FPS

178

100%

Value, CA$/FPS

CA$2.07/FPS

29%

Price, CA$

CA$368.23

26%

FPS Winner

Intel BX80684I79700K Core i7-9700K Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 4.9 GHz Turbo Unlocked LGA1151 300 Series 95W

Buy for CA$368.23 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 365 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Pentium Gold G6405

Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021

Core i7-9700K

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018

1920 x 1080

High

207

FPS

171

FPS

Rust

1920 x 1080

Ultra

136

FPS

116

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Very High

199

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

Maximum

191

FPS

166

FPS

World of Warcraft

1920 x 1080

High

806

FPS

719

FPS

Valorant

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Pentium Gold G6405

Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021

Single-Core

848

51%

Multi-Core

1760

25%

Core i7-9700K

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018

Single-Core

1670

100%

Multi-Core

7089

100%

Pentium Gold G6405	vs	Core i7-9700K
Mar 16th, 2021	Release Date	Oct 19th, 2018
Pentium Gold	Collection	Core i7
Comet Lake	Codename	Coffee Lake
Intel Socket 1200	Socket	Intel Socket 1151
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
2	Cores	8
4	Threads	8
4.1 GHz	Base Clock Speed	3.6 GHz
Non-Turbo	Turbo Clock Speed	4.9 GHz
58 W	TDP	95 W
14 nm	Process Size	14 nm
41.0x	Multiplier	36.0x
UHD Graphics 610	Integrated Graphics	UHD Graphics 630
No	Overclockable	Yes

Pentium Gold G6405 vs Core i7-9700K