Pentium 8500 vs i5-9400H

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Primary details

Comparing Core i5-9400H and Pentium 8500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1230not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i5Intel Alder Lake-M
Power efficiency10.52no data
Architecture codenameCoffee Lake-H (2018−2019)Alder Lake-U (2022)
Release date23 April 2019 (5 years ago)23 February 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core i5-9400H and Pentium 8500 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)5 (Penta-Core)
Threads86
Base clock speed2.5 GHz1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.3 GHz4.4 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier25no data
L1 cache256 KB80K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size126 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-9400H and Pentium 8500 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
SocketFCBGA1440Intel BGA 1781
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt9 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-9400H and Pentium 8500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
My WiFi+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access+-
SIPP+-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Core i5-9400H and Pentium 8500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB+no data
Secure Key++
MPX+-
Identity Protection+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-9400H and Pentium 8500 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-9400H and Pentium 8500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory size128 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth44.882 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD Graphics 630Intel UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel Processors
Max video memory64 GBno data
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHz800 MHz
Execution Unitsno data48
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-9400H and Pentium 8500 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported34
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
DVI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-9400H and Pentium 8500 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2304@30Hz4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP4096 x 2304@60Hz4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096 x 2304@60Hz7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over VGAN/Ano data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-9400H and Pentium 8500 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX1212.1
OpenGL4.54.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-9400H and Pentium 8500.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes1614

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 3.09 5.58
Recency 23 April 2019 23 February 2022
Physical cores 4 5
Threads 8 6
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 9 Watt

i5-9400H has 33.3% more threads.

Pentium 8500, on the other hand, has 80.6% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 2 years, 25% more physical cores, and 400% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core i5-9400H and Pentium 8500. We've got no test results to judge.


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