Pentium Gold 6500Y vs Core 2 Duo E6300

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo E6300 and Pentium Gold 6500Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1959
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Power efficiencyno data35.93
Architecture codenameConroe (2006−2007)Amber Lake-Y (2018−2021)
Release dateJuly 2006 (18 years ago)1 March 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo E6300 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)
Threads24
Base clock speed1.86 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed1.87 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus rate1066 MHz4 GT/s
L1 cache64 KB128 KB
L2 cache2 MB512 KB
L3 cache0 KB4 MB
Chip lithography65 nm14 nm
Die size143 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature61 °C100 °C
Number of transistors291 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range0.85V-1.5Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo E6300 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 configuration11
SocketLGA775,PLGA775BGA1515
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo E6300 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)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo E6300 and Pentium Gold 6500Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo E6300 and Pentium Gold 6500Y are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo E6300 and Pentium Gold 6500Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR3
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 cardno dataIntel 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 Core 2 Duo E6300 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 Core 2 Duo E6300 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 Core 2 Duo E6300 and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo E6300 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.



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.

Core 2 Duo E6300 634
Pentium Gold 6500Y 3016
+376%

Pros & cons summary


Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 65 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 5 Watt

Pentium Gold 6500Y has 100% more threads, a 364.3% more advanced lithography process, and 1200% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo E6300 and Pentium Gold 6500Y. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core 2 Duo E6300 is a desktop processor while Pentium Gold 6500Y is a notebook one.


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