Pentium Gold 6500Y vs Atom x7-Z8700

#ad 
Buy on Amazon
VS

Aggregate performance score

Atom x7-Z8700
2015
4 cores / 4 threads
0.83
Pentium Gold 6500Y
2021
2 cores / 4 threads, 5 Watt
1.90
+129%

Pentium Gold 6500Y outperforms Atom x7-Z8700 by a whopping 129% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Atom x7-Z8700 and Pentium Gold 6500Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking25941978
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series7x Intel Atomno data
Power efficiencyno data35.96
Architecture codenameCherry Trail (2015−2016)Amber Lake-Y (2018−2021)
Release date2 March 2015 (9 years ago)1 March 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Atom x7-Z8700 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.6 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
Multiplier16no data
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cache2 MB512 KB
L3 cache0 KB4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature90 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Atom x7-Z8700 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketUTFCBGA1380BGA1515
Power consumption (TDP)no data5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom x7-Z8700 and Pentium Gold 6500Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Atom x7-Z8700 and Pentium Gold 6500Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Boot+no data
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection++
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom x7-Z8700 and Pentium Gold 6500Y are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom x7-Z8700 and Pentium Gold 6500Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size8 GB16 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s33.3 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail) (200 - 600 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 615
Max video memory8 GB16 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequency600 MHz900 MHz
Execution Units1623

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom x7-Z8700 and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
DVIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom x7-Z8700 and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.43840x21604096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDP2560x16003840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data3840x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Atom x7-Z8700 and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom x7-Z8700 and Pentium Gold 6500Y.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes210
USB revision3.0no data
Number of USB ports3no 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.


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.

Atom x7-Z8700 0.83
Pentium Gold 6500Y 1.90
+129%

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.

Atom x7-Z8700 1326
Pentium Gold 6500Y 3015
+127%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.83 1.90
Integrated graphics card 0.77 1.98
Recency 2 March 2015 1 March 2021
Physical cores 4 2

Atom x7-Z8700 has 100% more physical cores.

Pentium Gold 6500Y, on the other hand, has a 128.9% higher aggregate performance score, 157.1% faster integrated GPU, and an age advantage of 5 years.

The Pentium Gold 6500Y is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom x7-Z8700 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Atom x7-Z8700 and Pentium Gold 6500Y, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite CPU.


Intel Atom x7-Z8700
Atom x7-Z8700
Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y
Pentium Gold 6500Y

Similar processor comparisons

We picked several similar comparisons of processors in the same market segment and performance relatively close to those reviewed on this page.

Community ratings

Here you can see how users rate the processors, as well as rate them yourself.


3.6 21 vote

Rate Atom x7-Z8700 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
3.2 71 vote

Rate Pentium Gold 6500Y on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about Atom x7-Z8700 or Pentium Gold 6500Y, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.