Pentium Gold 6500Y vs Xeon W-1290T

Primary details

Comparing Xeon W-1290T and Pentium Gold 6500Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	667	1964
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Power efficiency	31.34	35.96
Architecture codename	no data	Amber Lake-Y (2018−2021)
Release date	1 April 2020 (4 years ago)	1 March 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon W-1290T 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	10 (Deca-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	20	4
Base clock speed	1.9 GHz	1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.7 GHz	3.4 GHz
Bus rate	8 GT/s	4 GT/s
L1 cache	no data	128 KB
L2 cache	no data	512 KB
L3 cache	20 MB Intel® Smart Cache	4 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	100 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W-1290T 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	1
Socket	FCLGA1200	BGA1515
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-1290T 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	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon W-1290T 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 W-1290T and Pentium Gold 6500Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W-1290T and Pentium Gold 6500Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR3
Maximum memory size	128 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	45.8 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 W-1290T and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	3
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+
DVI	no data	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon W-1290T and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	+	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096x2160@30Hz	4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDP	4096x2304@60Hz	3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	4096x2304@60Hz	3840x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon W-1290T 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 W-1290T 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	11.59	1.90
Integrated graphics card	6.39	1.98
Recency	1 April 2020	1 March 2021
Physical cores	10	2
Threads	20	4
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	5 Watt

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