Processor N100 vs Pentium Gold 8500

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold 8500 and Processor N100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1776
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Alder Lake-N
Power efficiencyno data38.33
Architecture codenameno dataAlder Lake-N (2023)
Release date1 January 2022 (2 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$128

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 8500 and Processor N100 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 cores5 (Penta-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads64
Base clock speedno data0.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz3.4 GHz
L1 cacheno data96 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data2 MB (shared)
L3 cache8 MB Intel® Smart Cache6 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °C105 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 8500 and Processor N100 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
SocketFCBGA1781Intel BGA 1264
Power consumption (TDP)29 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Processor N100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2no data
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shift+no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Pentium Gold 8500 and Processor N100 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Processor N100 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Processor N100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesLPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267DDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data

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 24EUs (Alder Lake-N) ( - 750 MHz)
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency800 MHzno data
Execution Units48no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 8500 and Processor N100 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported4no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Processor N100 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2304 @ 60Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096 x 2304 @ 120Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort7680 x 4320 @ 60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Processor N100 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Processor N100.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanes149

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 5.58 2.32
Recency 1 January 2022 3 January 2023
Physical cores 5 4
Threads 6 4
Power consumption (TDP) 29 Watt 6 Watt

Pentium Gold 8500 has 140.5% faster integrated GPU, and 25% more physical cores and 50% more threads.

Processor N100, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 383.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium Gold 8500 and Processor N100. We've got no test results to judge.


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