Pentium 8500: specs and benchmarks
Summary
Intel started Pentium 8500 sales 23 February 2022. This is an Alder Lake-U architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at home systems. It has 5 cores and 6 threads, and is based on Intel 7 manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 4400 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is Intel BGA 1781 processor with a TDP of 9 Watt. It supports DDR4, DDR5 memory.
Primary details
Pentium 8500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Series | Intel Alder Lake-M | |
| Architecture codename | Alder Lake-U (2022) | |
| Release date | 23 February 2022 (2 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 5 (Penta-Core) | |
| Threads | 6 | |
| Base clock speed | 1 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 4.4 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 80K (per core) | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 1.25 MB (per core) | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 8 MB (shared) | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | Intel 7 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | of 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950) |
| 64 bit support | + |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium 8500 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | Intel BGA 1781 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 9 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Pentium 8500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 | |
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| Speed Shift | + | |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | |
| TSX | + | |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | |
| Flex Memory Access | - | |
| Deep Learning Boost | + |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | |
| Secure Key | + | |
| OS Guard | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-d | + | |
| VT-x | + | |
| EPT | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Pentium 8500's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4, DDR5 | |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | of 6 TiB (EPYC 9124) |
| Max memory channels | 2 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Pentium 8500.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel Processors | |
| Quick Sync Video | + | |
| Graphics max frequency | 800 MHz | |
| Execution Units | 48 |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 8500's integrated GPU.
| Number of displays supported | 4 |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium 8500's integrated GPU, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | 4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz | |
| Max resolution over eDP | 4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz | |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | 7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Pentium 8500's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | 12.1 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 4.0 | of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K) |
| PCI Express lanes | 14 | of 128 (EPYC 7551P) |
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Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Pentium 8500, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Pentium 8500 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 8 configurations using Pentium 8500 in our database.
