Pentium Gold 6500Y vs i5-11300H

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-11300H and Pentium Gold 6500Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1014	1962
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Power efficiency	23.22	35.96
Architecture codename	Tiger Lake-H35 (2021)	Amber Lake-Y (2018−2021)
Release date	11 January 2021 (3 years ago)	1 March 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core i5-11300H 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	2.6 GHz	1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.4 GHz	3.4 GHz
Bus rate	4 GT/s	4 GT/s
L1 cache	80K (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	1.25 MB (per core)	512 KB
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	4 MB
Chip lithography	10 nm SuperFin	14 nm
Die size	146.1 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	72 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-11300H 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	FCBGA1449,FCLGA1449	BGA1515
Power consumption (TDP)	28 Watt	5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-11300H 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® AVX-512	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Core i5-11300H and Pentium Gold 6500Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-11300H and Pentium Gold 6500Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-11300H and Pentium Gold 6500Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3
Maximum memory size	64 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	33.3 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics	Intel UHD Graphics 615
Max video memory	no data	16 GB
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Clear Video	no data	+
Clear Video HD	+	+
Graphics max frequency	1.3 GHz	900 MHz
Execution Units	80	23

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-11300H and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	4	3
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+
DVI	no data	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-11300H and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	no data	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096x2304@60Hz	4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDP	4096x2304@60Hz	3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	7680x4320@60Hz	3840x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-11300H and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12.1	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-11300H and Pentium Gold 6500Y.

PCIe version	4.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	20	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	6.87	1.90
Recency	11 January 2021	1 March 2021
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	8	4
Chip lithography	10 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	28 Watt	5 Watt

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