Ryzen Z1 Extreme vs Pentium Gold 6500Y

Place in the ranking	1957	421
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	no data	Phoenix (Zen 4, Ryzen 7040)
Power efficiency	35.93	99.70
Architecture codename	Amber Lake-Y (2018−2021)	Phoenix (Zen 4) (2023)
Release date	1 March 2021 (3 years ago)	May 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 6500Y and Ryzen Z1 Extreme 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	2 (Dual-core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	4	16
Base clock speed	1.1 GHz	3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	5.1 GHz
Bus rate	4 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	4 nm
Die size	no data	178 mm²
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	25,000 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 6500Y and Ryzen Z1 Extreme 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	1
Socket	BGA1515	FP8
Power consumption (TDP)	5 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 6500Y and Ryzen Z1 Extreme. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Pentium Gold 6500Y and Ryzen Z1 Extreme technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
MPX	+	-
Identity Protection	+	-
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 6500Y and Ryzen Z1 Extreme are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold 6500Y and Ryzen Z1 Extreme. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR5
Maximum memory size	16 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	33.3 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel UHD Graphics 615	AMD Radeon 780M
Max video memory	16 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Clear Video	+	no data
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	900 MHz	no data
Execution Units	23	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 6500Y and Ryzen Z1 Extreme integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
DVI	+	no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 6500Y and Ryzen Z1 Extreme integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	+	no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096x2304@24Hz	no data
Max resolution over eDP	3840x2160@60Hz	no data
Max resolution over DisplayPort	3840x2160@60Hz	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold 6500Y and Ryzen Z1 Extreme integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	no data
OpenGL	4.5	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold 6500Y and Ryzen Z1 Extreme.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	10	20

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.

Pentium Gold 6500Y 1.97

Ryzen Z1 Extreme 16.40
+732%

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.

Pentium Gold 6500Y 3016

Ryzen Z1 Extreme 25097
+732%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.97	16.40
Integrated graphics card	1.98	18.27
Physical cores	2	8
Threads	4	16
Chip lithography	14 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	5 Watt	15 Watt

Pentium Gold 6500Y has 200% lower power consumption.

Ryzen Z1 Extreme, on the other hand, has a 732.5% higher aggregate performance score, 822.7% faster integrated GPU, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen Z1 Extreme is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold 6500Y in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Gold 6500Y and Ryzen Z1 Extreme, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.