Pentium Gold 6500Y vs Atom x5-Z8550

Primary details

Comparing Atom x5-Z8550 and Pentium Gold 6500Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2560	1865
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	5x Intel Atom	no data
Architecture codename	Cherry Trail (2016)	Amber Lake-Y (2018−2021)
Release date	8 February 2016 (8 years ago)	1 March 2021 (3 years ago)
Current price	$442	no data

Detailed specifications

Atom x5-Z8550 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	4	4
Base clock speed	1.44 GHz	1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	3.4 GHz
L1 cache	no data	128 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	4 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	100 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Atom x5-Z8550 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	UTFCBGA1380	BGA1515
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom x5-Z8550 and Pentium Gold 6500Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	no data	+
AVX	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
TSX	no data	-
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	no data	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
SIPP	-	-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued

Security technologies

Atom x5-Z8550 and Pentium Gold 6500Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom x5-Z8550 and Pentium Gold 6500Y are enumerated here.

VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom x5-Z8550 and Pentium Gold 6500Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	8 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	33.3 GB/s
ECC memory support	no data	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell)	Intel UHD Graphics 615
Max video memory	8 GB	16 GB
Quick Sync Video	no data	+
Clear Video	no data	+
Clear Video HD	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	600 MHz	900 MHz
Execution Units	12	23

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom x5-Z8550 and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom x5-Z8550 and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	no data	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	3840x2160	4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDP	2560x1600	3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	3840x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Atom x5-Z8550 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 Atom x5-Z8550 and Pentium Gold 6500Y.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	2	10
USB revision	3.0	no data
Number of USB ports	3	no data

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.

Pentium Gold 6500Y outperforms Atom x5-Z8550 by 160% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.75	1.95
Recency	8 February 2016	1 March 2021
Physical cores	4	2

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