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In short — Pentium Gold G6405 outperforms the more expensive Core i7-980X on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Pentium Gold G6405 is 4018 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-980X.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-980X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium Gold G6405 - 12 vs 4 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium Gold G6405
- Performs up to 2% better in Apex Legends than Core i7-980X - 265 vs 260 FPS
- Up to 49% cheaper than Core i7-980X - $75.34 vs $148.02
- Consumes up to 55% less energy than Intel Core i7-980X - 58 vs 130 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i7-980X doesn't have integrated graphics
Apex Legends
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High
Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition Processor 3.33 GHz 12 MB Cache Socket LGA1366
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Intel Pentium Gold G6405 4.1GHz 4MB Desktop Processor Boxed
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Core i7-980X
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2010
Pentium Gold G6405
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-980X | vs | Intel Pentium Gold G6405 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 16th, 2010 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Pentium Gold |
| Gulftown | Codename | Comet Lake |
| Intel Socket 1366 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 2 |
12 | Threads | 4 |
| 3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 3.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 130 W | TDP | 58 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 25.0x | Multiplier | 41.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 610 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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