Pentium 8500 vs Xeon Platinum 8360Y

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8360Y and Pentium 8500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking111not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Alder Lake-M
Power efficiency12.89no data
Architecture codenameIce Lake-SP (2021)Alder Lake-U (2022)
Release date6 April 2021 (3 years ago)23 February 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8360Y and Pentium 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 cores365 (Penta-Core)
Threads726
Base clock speed2.4 GHz1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz4.4 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache54 MB (shared)8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography10 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)80 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8360Y and Pentium 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 configuration21
SocketFCLGA4189Intel BGA 1781
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt9 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8360Y and Pentium 8500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data-
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8360Y and Pentium 8500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB+no data
Secure Keyno data+
SGXYes with Intel® SPSno data
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8360Y and Pentium 8500 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8360Y and Pentium 8500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-3200DDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory size6 TB64 GB
Max memory channels82
ECC memory support+-

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 Xeon Platinum 8360Y and Pentium 8500 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon Platinum 8360Y and Pentium 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 Xeon Platinum 8360Y and Pentium 8500 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8360Y and Pentium 8500.

PCIe version4.04.0
PCI Express lanes6414

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 April 2021 23 February 2022
Physical cores 36 5
Threads 72 6
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 9 Watt

Xeon Platinum 8360Y has 620% more physical cores and 1100% more threads.

Pentium 8500, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 months, and 2677.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Platinum 8360Y and Pentium 8500. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Platinum 8360Y is a server/workstation processor while Pentium 8500 is a notebook one.


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