Intel has launched two new low-end Comet Lake-U CPUs: the Intel Pentium Gold 6405U and the Intel Celeron 5205U, thereby adding two more 14nm chips to the confusing Intel 10th-Generation lineup.
As spotted by Anandtech, these two chips eat at the lowest-end of the CPU hierarchy and are likely binned chips that otherwise do not meet Intel’s requirements for operating as higher-rated parts. Being U-series parts, they are intended to operate in low-power mobile applications, such as thin and light laptops. Both carry TDPs of 15W.
The Celeron 5205U chip comes with two cores that don't use Hyper-Threading. The spec sheet lists a base frequency of 1.9 GHz.
The Pentium Gold 6405U does use Hyper-Threading on both of its cores and lists a base frequency of 2.4 GHz.
Pentium and Celeron chips typically do not get Intel’s Turbo Boost feature. Given that the other (Core i3, i5, & i7) Comet Lake U-series chips have lower base frequencies but very high turbo clocks, it's possible that the Celeron 5205U and Pentium Gold 6405U don't have a turbo frequency at all. Intel didn't provide boost information for either chip.
Specs
| Header Cell - Column 0 | Intel Celeron 5205U | Intel Pentium 6405U |
|---|---|---|
| Cores | 2 cores | 2 core / 4 threads |
| Base Clock | 1.9 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 2MB | 2MB |
| Memory | DDR4-2400 | DDR4-2400 |
| TDP | 15W | 15W |
| PCI-Express | 12 PCIe 2.0 lanes | 12 PCIe 2.0 lanes |
| MSRP | $107 | $161 |
Aboard the chips are also 2MB of L3 cache, Intel UHD integrated graphics and 12 lanes of PCIe 2.0 support.
The MSRP for the chips is $107 for the Celeron 5205U and $161 for the Pentium Gold 6405U. That being said, they'll probably go from Intel to its vendor partners for notably less.
