Intel Pentium Gold G-6400
Pentium Gold G6400 (Comet Lake, LGA1200, 2C/4T, UHD 610, 58W): entry CPU for budget office PCs; launched Q2 2020; still listed as active.
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Product overview
Intel’s Pentium Gold G6400 launched in Q2 2020 as part of the Comet Lake (10th‑gen desktop) family. It’s an entry‑tier chip with 2 cores/4 threads, 4 MB cache, a fixed base clock with no Turbo Boost, and Intel UHD Graphics 610. It fits the LGA1200 platform and is intended for Intel 400‑series motherboards.
Why it exists: to power very low‑cost, dependable PCs while keeping platform costs down. It’s well‑suited to office/productivity tasks and budget builds, with DDR4‑2666 support and up to 128 GB RAM; the multiplier is locked (no overclocking). As of July 19, 2026, Intel lists the G6400 as launched (not discontinued).
- office/productivity
- budget builds
Product highlights
- 2 Cores / 4 Threads
- Socket Type LGA 1200
- Compatible with Intel 400 series chipset based motherboards
- Intel Optane Memory Support
Specifications
- Cores
- 2
- Threads
- 4
- Base clock
- 3.4 GHZ
- Boost clock
- No
- TDP
- 58 W
- Cache
- 4 MB
- Bus Speed
- 8GT/s
- Max Memory Size
- 128 GB
- ECC Support
- No
- Hyper Threading
- Yes
- Turbo Boost
- No
- Socket
- FCLGA1200
- Memory
- DDR4
- Ram Speed
- 2666 MT/s
- Processor Generation
- 10
