Pentium 8500 vs M3-8100Y

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Primary details

Comparing M3-8100Y and Pentium 8500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core M3Intel Alder Lake-M
Architecture codenameAmber Lake (2018−2019)Alder Lake-U (2022)
Release date28 August 2018 (6 years ago)23 February 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$281no data

Detailed specifications

M3-8100Y and Pentium 8500 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)5 (Penta-Core)
Threads46
Base clock speedno data1 GHz
Boost clock speed1.1 GHz4.4 GHz
Bus typeOPIno data
Bus rate4 GT/sno data
Multiplier16no data
L1 cache128 KB80K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on M3-8100Y and Pentium 8500 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
Socketno dataIntel BGA 1781
Power consumption (TDP)5 Watt9 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by M3-8100Y and Pentium 8500. 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++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

M3-8100Y and Pentium 8500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by M3-8100Y and Pentium 8500 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by M3-8100Y and Pentium 8500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3L-1600DDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory size16 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth29.861 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 615Intel® UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data800 MHz
Execution Unitsno data48

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of M3-8100Y and Pentium 8500 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by M3-8100Y and Pentium 8500 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by M3-8100Y and Pentium 8500 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by M3-8100Y and Pentium 8500.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes1014

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 August 2018 23 February 2022
Physical cores 2 5
Threads 4 6
Power consumption (TDP) 5 Watt 9 Watt

M3-8100Y has 80% lower power consumption.

Pentium 8500, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and 150% more physical cores and 50% more threads.

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