Xeon E-2488 vs Pentium Gold 6500Y

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold 6500Y and Xeon E-2488 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1979	327
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	75.32
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Power efficiency	35.94	18.30
Architecture codename	Amber Lake-Y (2018−2021)	Raptor Lake-S (2023−2024)
Release date	1 March 2021 (3 years ago)	14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$606

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 6500Y and Xeon E-2488 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)
Performance-cores	no data	8
Threads	4	16
Base clock speed	1.1 GHz	3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	5.6 GHz
Bus rate	4 GT/s	16 GT/s
L1 cache	128 KB	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	no data	257 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	100 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 6500Y and Xeon E-2488 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	FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)	5 Watt	95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 6500Y and Xeon E-2488. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	+

Security technologies

Pentium Gold 6500Y and Xeon E-2488 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	+
MPX	+	-
Identity Protection	+	-
OS Guard	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 6500Y and Xeon E-2488 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold 6500Y and Xeon E-2488. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size	16 GB	128 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	33.3 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel UHD Graphics 615	N/A
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 Xeon E-2488 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 Xeon E-2488 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 Xeon E-2488 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 Xeon E-2488.

PCIe version	3.0	5
PCI Express lanes	10	16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.90	18.38
Recency	1 March 2021	14 December 2023
Physical cores	2	8
Threads	4	16
Power consumption (TDP)	5 Watt	95 Watt

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