Pentium Gold 8500 vs Ryzen 5 4500

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 4500 and Pentium Gold 8500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking760not rated
Place by popularity50not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Power efficiency14.77no data
Architecture codenameRenoir (2020−2023)no data
Release date4 April 2022 (2 years ago)1 January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 4500 and Pentium Gold 8500 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)no data
Threads126
Base clock speed3.6 GHzno data
Boost clock speed4.1 GHz4.4 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache512K (per core)no data
L3 cache8 MB (shared)8 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Chip lithography7 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size156 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)95 °Cno data
Number of transistors9,800 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 4500 and Pentium Gold 8500 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
SocketAM4FCBGA1781
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt29 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 4500 and Pentium Gold 8500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX+-
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data-
Precision Boost 2+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 4500 and Pentium Gold 8500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 4500 and Pentium Gold 8500 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 4500 and Pentium Gold 8500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-3200LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data800 MHz
Execution Unitsno data48

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 4500 and Pentium Gold 8500 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 5 4500 and Pentium Gold 8500 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 5 4500 and Pentium Gold 8500 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 4500 and Pentium Gold 8500.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes1614

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 April 2022 1 January 2022
Threads 12 6
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 29 Watt

Ryzen 5 4500 has an age advantage of 3 months, and 100% more threads.

Pentium Gold 8500, on the other hand, has 124.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 4500 and Pentium Gold 8500. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 5 4500 is a desktop processor while Pentium Gold 8500 is a notebook one.


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