Pentium Gold 6500Y vs Atom x5-Z8550
Aggregate performance score
Pentium Gold 6500Y outperforms Atom x5-Z8550 by a whopping 165% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Atom x5-Z8550 and Pentium Gold 6500Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2685 | 1962 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | 5x Intel Atom | no data |
| Power efficiency | no data | 36.00 |
| Architecture codename | Cherry Trail (2015−2016) | Amber Lake-Y (2018−2021) |
| Release date | 8 February 2016 (8 years ago) | 1 March 2021 (3 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Atom x5-Z8550 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 1.44 GHz | 1.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 4 GT/s |
| L1 cache | no data | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | 100 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Atom x5-Z8550 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 | UTFCBGA1380 | BGA1515 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 5 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom x5-Z8550 and Pentium Gold 6500Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Flex Memory Access | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - | no data |
Security technologies
Atom x5-Z8550 and Pentium Gold 6500Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | - |
| EDB | no data | + |
| Secure Boot | + | no data |
| Secure Key | no data | + |
| MPX | - | + |
| Identity Protection | + | + |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom x5-Z8550 and Pentium Gold 6500Y are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom x5-Z8550 and Pentium Gold 6500Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | 33.3 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) | Intel UHD Graphics 615 |
| Max video memory | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Quick Sync Video | - | + |
| Clear Video | no data | + |
| Clear Video HD | no data | + |
| Graphics max frequency | 600 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Execution Units | 12 | 23 |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Atom x5-Z8550 and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 3 | 3 |
| eDP | no data | + |
| DisplayPort | - | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
| DVI | no data | + |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom x5-Z8550 and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| 4K resolution support | no data | + |
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | 3840x2160 | 4096x2304@24Hz |
| Max resolution over eDP | 2560x1600 | 3840x2160@60Hz |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | no data | 3840x2160@60Hz |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Atom x5-Z8550 and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | no data | 12 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.5 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom x5-Z8550 and Pentium Gold 6500Y.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 2 | 10 |
| USB revision | 3.0 | no data |
| Number of USB ports | 3 | no data |
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.72 | 1.91 |
| Recency | 8 February 2016 | 1 March 2021 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
Atom x5-Z8550 has 100% more physical cores.
Pentium Gold 6500Y, on the other hand, has a 165.3% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 5 years.
The Pentium Gold 6500Y is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom x5-Z8550 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Atom x5-Z8550 and Pentium Gold 6500Y, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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