i7-5500U vs Pentium Gold 8500

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold 8500 and Core i7-5500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	2019
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Core i7
Power efficiency	no data	11.08
Architecture codename	no data	Broadwell-U (2015)
Release date	1 January 2022 (2 years ago)	1 March 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$393

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 8500 and Core i7-5500U 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	no data	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	6	4
Base clock speed	no data	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.4 GHz	3 GHz
Bus rate	no data	5 GT/s
L1 cache	no data	64K (per core)
L2 cache	no data	256K (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB Intel® Smart Cache	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	Intel 7 nm	14 nm
Die size	no data	82 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	105 °C
Number of transistors	no data	1300 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 8500 and Core i7-5500U 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	FCBGA1781	FCBGA1168
Power consumption (TDP)	29 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Core i7-5500U. 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	+	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	-	+
Smart Response	no data	+
FDI	no data	+
Fast Memory Access	no data	+
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Pentium Gold 8500 and Core i7-5500U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Core i7-5500U 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 i7-5500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267	DDR3
Maximum memory size	64 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	25.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel® Processors	Intel HD Graphics 5500
Max video memory	no data	16 GB
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Clear Video	no data	+
Clear Video HD	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz	950 MHz
Execution Units	48	no data
InTru 3D	no data	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 8500 and Core i7-5500U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	4	3
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Core i7-5500U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz	2560x1600@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP	4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz	no data
Max resolution over DisplayPort	7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz	3840x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Core i7-5500U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12.1	11.2/12
OpenGL	4.6	4.3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Core i7-5500U.

PCIe version	no data	2.0
PCI Express lanes	14	12

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 January 2022	1 March 2015
Threads	6	4
Power consumption (TDP)	29 Watt	15 Watt

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