Pentium Gold 6500Y vs Xeon E-2176M

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E-2176M and Pentium Gold 6500Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1015	1962
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	11.33	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon E	no data
Power efficiency	14.41	36.00
Architecture codename	Coffee Lake-H (2018−2019)	Amber Lake-Y (2018−2021)
Release date	2 April 2018 (6 years ago)	1 March 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$450	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E-2176M 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	2.7 GHz	1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.4 GHz	3.4 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	4 GT/s
Multiplier	27	no data
L1 cache	384 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	1.5 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	12 MB (shared)	4 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	149 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	100 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E-2176M 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	BGA-1440	BGA1515
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E-2176M and Pentium Gold 6500Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Xeon E-2176M and Pentium Gold 6500Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	-
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	+
MPX	+	+
Identity Protection	+	+
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	no data
OS Guard	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E-2176M and Pentium Gold 6500Y are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E-2176M and Pentium Gold 6500Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3
Maximum memory size	64 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	33.3 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel UHD Graphics P630	Intel UHD Graphics 615
Max video memory	64 GB	16 GB
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Clear Video	+	+
Clear Video HD	+	+
Graphics max frequency	1.2 GHz	900 MHz
Execution Units	no data	23
InTru 3D	+	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E-2176M and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E-2176M and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	+	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096x2304@30Hz	4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDP	4096x2304@30Hz	3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	4096x2304@30Hz	3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over VGA	N/A	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E-2176M and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E-2176M and Pentium Gold 6500Y.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	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	6.88	1.91
Integrated graphics card	6.39	1.98
Recency	2 April 2018	1 March 2021
Physical cores	6	2
Threads	12	4
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	5 Watt

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