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Intel Pentium Gold G5500

2C/4T · 54 W

The Pentium Gold G5500 is a dual-core, four-thread desktop processor from Intel's Coffee Lake generation, released on April 2, 2018 for the LGA1151 socket with 300-series chipsets. It sits between the Pentium Gold G5400 and G5600, running at a fixed 3.8 GHz with Hyper-Threading and pairing its 4 MB of cache with the larger UHD Graphics 630, for budget desktops and entry-level gaming builds.

General

Manufacturer: Intel
Model: Intel Pentium Gold G5500
Segment: Desktop
Generation: Pentium/Celeron (Coffee Lake)
Codename: Coffee Lake
Architecture: x86_64
Microarchitecture: Coffee Lake (Skylake)
Release date: Apr 2, 2018
Price: $75Search on Amazon

Cores & clocks

Cores / threads: 2 cores / 4 threads
Base clock: 3.80 GHz
Boost clock: —
TDP (design W): 54 W
Unlocked: ✕ No
L2 cache: 0.5 MB
L3 cache: 4 MB
Technology (nm): 14 nm
Intel 14 nm++

Platform

Socket: FCLGA1151
2-CPU (multi-socket): ✕ No
Integrated GPU: Intel UHD Graphics 630
Clock: 1,100 MHz
Memory type: DDR4-2400
2-channel
Memory size: Up to 64 GB
ECC memory: ✓ Yes
PCIe: PCIe 3.0 (16 lanes)

Instructions & AI

Instruction extensions: Intel SSE4.1Intel SSE4.2Intel 64AES-NIIntel VT-xVT-x EPTIntel VT-d
NPU: None

OS support

Windows: Windows 10Windows 11 24H2Windows 11 25H2Windows 11 26H2
Linux: UbuntuFedoraArch Linux
Notes: Listed by Microsoft as a supported processor for Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2; 26H2 keeps the 25H2 requirements. Windows 10 and mainstream Linux distributions are supported.

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