Pentium Gold 6500Y vs Ryzen 5 3600

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3600 and Pentium Gold 6500Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	689	1959
Place by popularity	9	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	23.56	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	no data
Power efficiency	16.27	35.93
Architecture codename	Matisse (2019−2020)	Amber Lake-Y (2018−2021)
Release date	7 July 2019 (5 years ago)	1 March 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3600 and Pentium Gold 6500Y 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	12	4
Base clock speed	3.6 GHz	1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.2 GHz	3.4 GHz
Bus rate	no data	4 GT/s
L1 cache	384 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	3 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	32 MB (shared)	4 MB
Chip lithography	7 nm, 12 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Number of transistors	4,800 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3600 and Pentium Gold 6500Y 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 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	AM4	BGA1515
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3600 and Pentium Gold 6500Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 3600 and Pentium Gold 6500Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3600 and Pentium Gold 6500Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3600 and Pentium Gold 6500Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR3
Maximum memory size	128 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.196 GB/s	33.3 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	-	Intel UHD Graphics 615
Max video memory	-	16 GB
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Clear Video	-	+
Clear Video HD	-	+
Graphics max frequency	-	900 MHz
Execution Units	-	23

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 3600 and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	-	3
eDP	-	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+
DVI	-	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 5 3600 and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	-	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	-	4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDP	-	3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	-	3840x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 5 3600 and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	-	12
OpenGL	-	4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3600 and Pentium Gold 6500Y.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	10

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	11.60	1.97
Recency	7 July 2019	1 March 2021
Physical cores	6	2
Threads	12	4
Chip lithography	7 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	5 Watt

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