Pentium Gold 6500Y vs Atom 230

Primary details

Comparing Atom 230 and Pentium Gold 6500Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	1941
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Atom	no data
Power efficiency	no data	35.85
Architecture codename	Silverthorne (2008−2010)	Amber Lake-Y (2018−2021)
Release date	2 April 2008 (16 years ago)	1 March 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$29	no data

Detailed specifications

Atom 230 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 cores	1 (Single-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.1 GHz	3.4 GHz
Bus type	FSB	no data
Bus rate	533.33 MT/s	4 GT/s
Multiplier	12	no data
L1 cache	56 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	512 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	4 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Die size	25.9638 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	47 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
VID voltage range	0.9V-1.1625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Atom 230 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	PBGA437	BGA1515
Power consumption (TDP)	4 Watt	5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom 230 and Pentium Gold 6500Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	-	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
Idle States	-	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued

Security technologies

Atom 230 and Pentium Gold 6500Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	no data	+
MPX	-	+
Identity Protection	-	+
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom 230 and Pentium Gold 6500Y are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	+
VT-x	-	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom 230 and Pentium Gold 6500Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR3
Maximum memory size	8 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	33.3 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	-	Intel UHD Graphics 615
Max video memory	-	16 GB
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Clear Video	-	+
Clear Video HD	-	+
Graphics max frequency	-	900 MHz
Execution Units	-	23

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom 230 and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	-	3
eDP	-	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+
DVI	-	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom 230 and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	-	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	-	4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDP	-	3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	-	3840x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Atom 230 and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	-	12
OpenGL	-	4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom 230 and Pentium Gold 6500Y.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	10

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 April 2008	1 March 2021
Physical cores	1	2
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	4 Watt	5 Watt

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