Pentium Gold 6500Y vs i7-4850EQ

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Primary details

Comparing Core i7-4850EQ and Pentium Gold 6500Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1979
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i7no data
Power efficiencyno data35.94
Architecture codenameCrystalwell (2013−2014)Amber Lake-Y (2018−2021)
Release date29 August 2013 (11 years ago)1 March 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core i7-4850EQ 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads84
Base clock speed1.6 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus typeDMI 2.0no data
Bus rate5 GT/s4 GT/s
Multiplier16no data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)128 KB
L2 cache256K (per core)512 KB
L3 cache8 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Die size264 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)100 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-4850EQ 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
SocketIntel BGA1364BGA1515
Power consumption (TDP)47 Watt5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-4850EQ 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 Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX+-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Core i7-4850EQ and Pentium Gold 6500Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-4850EQ 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 i7-4850EQ and Pentium Gold 6500Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size32 GB16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data33.3 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD 5200Intel 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 i7-4850EQ 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 i7-4850EQ 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 i7-4850EQ 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 i7-4850EQ and Pentium Gold 6500Y.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data10

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 August 2013 1 March 2021
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 47 Watt 5 Watt

i7-4850EQ has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Pentium Gold 6500Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, a 57.1% more advanced lithography process, and 840% lower power consumption.

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