Pentium Gold 6500Y vs Apple M1

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Aggregate performance score

Apple M1
2020
8 cores / 8 threads
5.17
+172%
Pentium Gold 6500Y
2021
2 cores / 4 threads, 5 Watt
1.90

Apple M1 outperforms Pentium Gold 6500Y by a whopping 172% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing M1 and Pentium Gold 6500Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking12061979
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesApple Apple M-Seriesno data
Power efficiencyno data35.94
Architecture codenameno dataAmber Lake-Y (2018−2021)
Release date10 November 2020 (4 years ago)1 March 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

M1 and Pentium Gold 6500Y basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores8 (Octa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads84
Base clock speed2.064 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
L1 cache2 MB128 KB
L2 cache16 MB512 KB
L3 cache16 MB4 MB
Chip lithography5 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors16000 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on M1 and Pentium Gold 6500Y compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1
Socketno dataBGA1515
Power consumption (TDP)no data5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by M1 and Pentium Gold 6500Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

M1 and Pentium Gold 6500Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by M1 and Pentium Gold 6500Y are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by M1 and Pentium Gold 6500Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data33.3 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Apple M1 8-Core GPUIntel UHD Graphics 615
Max video memoryno data16 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data900 MHz
Execution Unitsno data23

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of M1 and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
DVIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by M1 and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data3840x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by M1 and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by M1 and Pentium Gold 6500Y.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data10

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Apple M1 5.17
+172%
Pentium Gold 6500Y 1.90

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Apple M1 8207
+172%
Pentium Gold 6500Y 3015

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.17 1.90
Integrated graphics card 14.49 1.98
Recency 10 November 2020 1 March 2021
Physical cores 8 2
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 5 nm 14 nm

Apple M1 has a 172.1% higher aggregate performance score, 631.8% faster integrated GPU, 300% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium Gold 6500Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 months.

The M1 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold 6500Y in performance tests.


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