i5-8250U vs Pentium Gold 8500

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold 8500 and Core i5-8250U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1458
Place by popularitynot in top-10038
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Core i5
Power efficiencyno data24.48
Architecture codenameno dataKaby Lake Refresh (2017−2019)
Release date1 January 2022 (2 years ago)21 August 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$297

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 8500 and Core i5-8250U 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 coresno data4 (Quad-Core)
Threads68
Base clock speedno data1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus typeno dataOPI
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
Multiplierno data16
L1 cacheno data256 KB
L2 cacheno data1 MB
L3 cache8 MB Intel® Smart Cache6 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data123 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 8500 and Core i5-8250U 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCBGA1781FCBGA1356,FC-BGA1356
Power consumption (TDP)29 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Core i5-8250U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shift++
My WiFino data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access-+
Smart Responseno data+
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Pentium Gold 8500 and Core i5-8250U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDB++
Secure Key++
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Core i5-8250U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Core i5-8250U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesLPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Maximum memory size64 GB32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel ProcessorsIntel HD Graphics 620
Max video memoryno data32 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequency800 MHz1.1 GHz
Execution Units48no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 8500 and Core i5-8250U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported43
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
DVIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Core i5-8250U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2304 @ 60Hz4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDP4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Core i5-8250U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12.112
OpenGL4.64.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Core i5-8250U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanes1412

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 5.58 2.43
Recency 1 January 2022 21 August 2017
Threads 6 8
Power consumption (TDP) 29 Watt 15 Watt

Pentium Gold 8500 has 129.6% faster integrated GPU, and an age advantage of 4 years.

i5-8250U, on the other hand, has 33.3% more threads, and 93.3% lower power consumption.

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