Intel Launches Low-End Comet Lake CPUs: Pentium Gold 6405U & Celeron 5205U

Intel has quietly added two new inexpensive processors into its Comet Lake-U lineup. The Pentium Gold 6405U and Celeron 5205U CPUs will be used for entry-level thin-and-light laptops that need one of the latest-generation processors, but are not designed for performance-demanding workloads.

Intel’s Pentium Gold 6405U and Celeron 5205U are dual-core processors that run at 2.4 GHz and 1.9 GHz, respectively. Both CPUs have TDPs of 15 Watts – the same as the rest of the Comet Lake-U family – and include 2 MB of L3 cache, Intel UHD Graphics, a dual-channel DDR4/LPDDR3 memory controller, and feature 12 PCIe 2.0 lanes for expansion. Both SKUs are considerably cheaper than the rest models in the Comet Lake series (which start at $281): the Pentium Gold 6405U processor carries a $161 recommended customer price, whereas the Celeron 5205U costs $107 when purchased in 1000-units quantities.

Intel Comet Lake-U SKUs
AnandTech	Cores	Base GHz	1C Turbo GHz	AC Turbo GHz	L3 Cache	TDP PL1	IGP UHD	IGP MHz	DDR4	LPDDR4X	Cost
i7-10710U	6C/12T	1.1	4.7	3.9	12 MB	15W	620	1150	2666	2933	$443
i7-10510U	4C/8T	1.8	4.9	4.3	8 MB	15W	620	1150	2666	2933	$409
i5-10210U	4C/8T	1.6	4.2	3.9	6 MB	15W	620	1100	2666	2933	$297
i3-10110U	2C/4T	2.1	4.1	3.7	4 MB	15W	620	1000	2666	2933	$281
Pentium 6405U	2C/4T	2.4	-	-	2 MB	15W	610?	950	2400	?	$161
Celeron 5205U	2C/2C	1.9	-	-	2 MB	15W	610?	900	2400	?	$107

Up until now, Intel’s Comet Lake-U family included only four CPUs, three of which were aimed at premium laptops. The addition of considerably cheaper processors allows Intel to address more market segments with its Comet Lake products by equipping its partners to build cheaper systems using the latest motherboard designs.

Otherwise, as is almost always the case for low-end Core SKUs, these are presumably salvage chips from Intel's operations. The new Pentium and Celeron chips are clocked lower than the Core i3-10110U, allowing Intel to put to work silicon that otherwise wouldn't have been usable as a Core i3. Which for Intel is particularly important at a time where demand for inexpensive U-series mobile CPUs is running high, helping the company please its partners who have suffered from tight supply of Intel’s 14 nm processors in the recent quarters.

Related Reading:

• Intel Launches Comet Lake-U and Comet Lake-Y: Up To 6 Cores for Thin & Light Laptops
• Intel Boosts 14nm Capacity 25% in 2019, But Shortages Will Persist in Q4
• Lenovo Launches ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 7: Thinner, Lighter, Comet Lake Inside
• Lenovo’s 2019 ThinkPad X1 Yoga: An Ultralight Convertible with Comet Lake

Source: Intel ARK (via SH SOTN)

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