Pentium Gold 6500Y vs Xeon X3450

Place in the ranking	2011	1964
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Power efficiency	1.79	35.96
Architecture codename	no data	Amber Lake-Y (2018−2021)
Release date	1 July 2009 (15 years ago)	1 March 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon X3450 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	8	4
Base clock speed	2.66 GHz	1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	3.4 GHz
Bus rate	no data	4 GT/s
L1 cache	no data	128 KB
L2 cache	no data	512 KB
L3 cache	8 MB Intel® Smart Cache	4 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	73 °C	100 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X3450 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	FCLGA1156,LGA1156	BGA1515
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X3450 and Pentium Gold 6500Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	36 Bit	no data

Security technologies

Xeon X3450 and Pentium Gold 6500Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	-
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	no data	+
MPX	-	+
Identity Protection	-	+
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon X3450 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 X3450 and Pentium Gold 6500Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-800, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333	DDR3
Maximum memory size	32 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	21 GB/s	33.3 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	Intel UHD Graphics 615
Max video memory	no data	16 GB
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Clear Video	no data	+
Clear Video HD	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	900 MHz
Execution Units	no data	23

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon X3450 and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon X3450 and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

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

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon X3450 and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	12
OpenGL	no data	4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon X3450 and Pentium Gold 6500Y.

PCIe version	2.0	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.

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.

Xeon X3450 1.80

Pentium Gold 6500Y 1.90
+5.6%

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.

Xeon X3450 2853

Pentium Gold 6500Y 3015
+5.7%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.80	1.90
Recency	1 July 2009	1 March 2021
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	8	4
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	5 Watt

Xeon X3450 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Pentium Gold 6500Y, on the other hand, has a 5.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 1800% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Xeon X3450 and Pentium Gold 6500Y.

Be aware that Xeon X3450 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium Gold 6500Y is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon X3450 and Pentium Gold 6500Y, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.