Intel Pentium Gold 5405U | Review

Launched in October of 2019, Pentium Gold 5405U by Intel is a low-power CPU for thin and light laptops based on the 14nm Comet Lake architecture. Powered by 2 cores and 4 threads with a base clock of 2.3 GHz. The TDP of this Chip is specified by Intel to be at 15 Watts but can be configured down to 12.5 watts. The dual-core SoC comes with integrated Intel UHD Graphics 610 and supports DDR4-2400 and low-power LPDDR3-2133 RAM.

Performance | How is Intel Pentium Gold 5405U (Good or Bad)

Pentium Gold 5405U should be able to handle your day-to-day tasks such as Browsing, Streaming, and using office productivity software however don’t expect the performance to be snappy or for it to handle multi-tasking. Pentium Gold 5405U in terms of performance is slightly faster than its predecessor the Pentium Gold 4415U and similar in performance to that of AMD AMD 3020e.

How is Intel Pentium Gold 5405U for gaming | (UHD Graphics 610)

Intel UHD Graphics 610 (GT1) is powered by 12 EUs is only capable of handling low-end games such as World of Warships, Dota 2 Reborn, and CS: GO on low settings. That being said performance of the Intel UHD Graphics 610 can vary based on a number of factors such as RAM and Temperature.