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Intel Pentium Gold G5420

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2 editorial reviews
Intel's Coffee Lake Pentium Gold processors land with friendly price points for budget builds. But AMD has a potent challenger in its Ryzen 3 2200G.Read more
We explore the Intel Pentium Gold G5420 benchmarks and discuss how this cheap server CPU compares to alternative LGA1151 processorsRead more
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  • produces precise and accurate results
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Cons

  • chip has integrated graphics Intel UHD Graphics 610
  • laptop was not sufficiently strong for some analytics features
  • low power and low noise servers
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Key specs

  • LGA 1151
  • 3.8 GHz
  • 2
  • 4
  • 54 W
  • 14 nm
  • 4 MB
  • Smart Cache
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Intel Pentium Gold G5420 - Pros & Cons

Intel Pentium Gold G5420

Pros

  • produces precise and accurate results
  • in-depth reviews and helpful tips

Cons

  • chip has integrated graphics Intel UHD Graphics 610
  • laptop was not sufficiently strong for some analytics features
  • low power and low noise servers
  • 8GHz base clock and no turbo boost
  • there's a lack of AM4 server boards
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  • Intel also bumped L3 cache capacity up to 4MB
  • Pentiums lack Turbo Boost functionality altogether
  • UHD Graphics 610 is even slower
  • overclocking isn't an option
  • CPU bottlenecks the GPU in a given game

Intel Pentium Gold G5420 - Technical Overview

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IconProcessor lithography
14 nm
Best:
HP AMD EPYC 7702
Processor lithography: 7 nm
IconNumber of cores
2
Best:
Intel Xeon Phi Coprocessor 7290
Number of cores: 72
IconClock speed
3.8 GHz
Best:
AMD FX 9590
Clock speed: 4.7 GHz

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Intel Pentium Gold G5420 - Full Specifications

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General
Processor socketLGA 1151
Component forPC
Operating modes64-bit
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Integrated graphics
On-board graphics adapteryes
TypeIntel UHD Graphics 610
On-board graphics adapter base frequency350.0 MHz
On-board graphics adapter DirectX version12.0
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Thermals
Cooler includedno
Thermal specification212.0 °F
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Processor
Clock speed3.8 GHz
Number of cores2
Number of threads4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)54.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in
Idle statesyes
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Memory
Cache4 MB
Cache typeSmart Cache
Memory clock speeds supported by processor2400.0 MHz
Maximum internal memory supported by processor64.0 GB
Memory types supported by processorDDR4 SDRAM
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)37.5 GB/s
Memory channelsDual
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Features
Thermal monitoring technologiesyes
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes16
Supported instruction sets
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
Execute disable bityes
Scalability1S

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Intel Pentium Gold G5420 Intel - Editorial Reviews (2)

Intel Pentium Gold G5420 Intel Pentium Gold G5600 And G5400 Review: Four Threads Under $100
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tomshardware.co.uk
Published: 24.07.2018
Intel Pentium Gold G5600 And G5400 Review: Four Threads Under $100

Intel's Coffee Lake Pentium Gold processors land with friendly price points for budget builds. But AMD has a potent challenger in its Ryzen 3 2200G.

13 minute read
Intel Pentium Gold G5420 Intel Pentium Gold G5420 Benchmarks and Review A Cheap Server CPU
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ServeTheHome
Published: 08.03.2020
Intel Pentium Gold G5420 Benchmarks and Review A Cheap Server CPU

We explore the Intel Pentium Gold G5420 benchmarks and discuss how this cheap server CPU compares to alternative LGA1151 processors

By John Lee
9 minute read

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