Processor 300 vs Pentium Gold 8500

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold 8500 and Processor 300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1319
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Power efficiencyno data9.28
Architecture codenameno dataRaptor Lake-S (2023−2024)
Release date1 January 2022 (2 years ago)8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$82

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 8500 and Processor 300 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 data2 (Dual-core)
Threads64
Base clock speedno data3.9 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz3.9 GHz
L1 cacheno data80 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB Intel® Smart Cache6 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data163 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 8500 and Processor 300 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
SocketFCBGA1781FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)29 Watt46 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Processor 300. 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++
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access-no data
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Pentium Gold 8500 and Processor 300 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDB++
Secure Key++
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Processor 300 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Processor 300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesLPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size64 GB192 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data76.8 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 UHD Graphics 710
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequency800 MHz1.45 GHz
Execution Units4816

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 8500 and Processor 300 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported44

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Processor 300 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2304 @ 60Hz4096 x 2160 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Processor 300 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12.112
OpenGL4.64.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Processor 300.

PCIe versionno data5.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanes1416

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 5.58 2.85
Recency 1 January 2022 8 January 2024
Threads 6 4
Power consumption (TDP) 29 Watt 46 Watt

Pentium Gold 8500 has 95.8% faster integrated GPU, 50% more threads, and 58.6% lower power consumption.

Processor 300, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years.

We couldn't decide between Pentium Gold 8500 and Processor 300. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pentium Gold 8500 is a notebook processor while Processor 300 is a desktop one.


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