Pentium Gold 6500Y vs Athlon Gold 3150U

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon Gold 3150U
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.51
+32.1%
Pentium Gold 6500Y
2021
2 cores / 4 threads, 5 Watt
1.90

Athlon Gold 3150U outperforms Pentium Gold 6500Y by a substantial 32% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon Gold 3150U and Pentium Gold 6500Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking17521975
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)no data
Power efficiency15.7535.77
Architecture codenameDali (Zen) (2020)Amber Lake-Y (2018−2021)
Release date6 January 2020 (4 years ago)1 March 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon Gold 3150U 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed2.4 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
Multiplier24no data
L1 cache192 KB128 KB
L2 cache1 MB512 KB
L3 cache4 MB4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature95 °C100 °C
Number of transistors4500 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Gold 3150U 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
SocketFP5BGA1515
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Pentium Gold 6500Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEIntel® 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+
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

Athlon Gold 3150U 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 Athlon Gold 3150U and Pentium Gold 6500Y are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Pentium Gold 6500Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR3
Maximum memory size32 GB16 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/s33.3 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz)Intel 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 Athlon Gold 3150U 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 Athlon Gold 3150U 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 Athlon Gold 3150U and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Gold 3150U and Pentium Gold 6500Y.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1210

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.

Athlon Gold 3150U 2.51
+32.1%
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.

Athlon Gold 3150U 3989
+32.3%
Pentium Gold 6500Y 3015

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.51 1.90
Integrated graphics card 2.98 1.98
Recency 6 January 2020 1 March 2021
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 5 Watt

Athlon Gold 3150U has a 32.1% higher aggregate performance score, and 50.5% faster integrated GPU.

Pentium Gold 6500Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 200% lower power consumption.

The Athlon Gold 3150U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold 6500Y in performance tests.


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