Pentium Gold 6500Y vs Ryzen 9 5900HS

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 9 5900HS
2021
8 cores / 16 threads, 35 Watt
13.60
+616%
Pentium Gold 6500Y
2021
2 cores / 4 threads, 5 Watt
1.90

Ryzen 9 5900HS outperforms Pentium Gold 6500Y by a whopping 616% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 9 5900HS and Pentium Gold 6500Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking5531979
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)no data
Power efficiency36.7535.94
Architecture codenameCezanne-HS (Zen 3) (2021)Amber Lake-Y (2018−2021)
Release date12 January 2021 (3 years ago)1 March 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 5900HS 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads164
Base clock speed3 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.6 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
Multiplier30no data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)128 KB
L2 cache512 KB (per core)512 KB
L3 cache16 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography7 nm14 nm
Die size180 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors10,700 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 5900HS 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 configuration11
SocketFP6BGA1515
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 5900HS and Pentium Gold 6500Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Ryzen 9 5900HS and Pentium Gold 6500Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 5900HS and Pentium Gold 6500Y 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 9 5900HS and Pentium Gold 6500Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data33.3 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 2100 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 615
Max video memoryno data16 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data900 MHz
Execution Unitsno data23

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 9 5900HS and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
DVIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 9 5900HS and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data3840x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 9 5900HS and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 5900HS and Pentium Gold 6500Y.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data10

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


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.

Ryzen 9 5900HS 13.60
+616%
Pentium Gold 6500Y 1.90

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Ryzen 9 5900HS 21607
+617%
Pentium Gold 6500Y 3015

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 13.60 1.90
Integrated graphics card 9.05 1.98
Recency 12 January 2021 1 March 2021
Physical cores 8 2
Threads 16 4
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 5 Watt

Ryzen 9 5900HS has a 615.8% higher aggregate performance score, 357.1% faster integrated GPU, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium Gold 6500Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 month, and 600% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 9 5900HS is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold 6500Y in performance tests.


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