Pentium Gold G6500 vs M3-8100Y

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Primary details

Comparing M3-8100Y and Pentium Gold G6500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1730
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Core M3no data
Power efficiencyno data4.26
Architecture codenameAmber Lake (2018−2019)Comet Lake (2020)
Release date28 August 2018 (6 years ago)30 April 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$281no data

Detailed specifications

M3-8100Y and Pentium Gold G6500 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speedno data4.1 GHz
Boost clock speed1.1 GHz4.1 GHz
Bus typeOPIno data
Bus rate4 GT/s8 GT/s
Multiplier16no data
L1 cache128 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB256K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on M3-8100Y and Pentium Gold G6500 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
Socketno dataFCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)5 Watt58 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by M3-8100Y and Pentium Gold G6500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

M3-8100Y and Pentium Gold G6500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by M3-8100Y and Pentium Gold G6500 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by M3-8100Y and Pentium Gold G6500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3L-1600DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size16 GB128 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth29.861 GB/s41.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD Graphics 615Intel UHD Graphics 630
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.1 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of M3-8100Y and Pentium Gold G6500 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by M3-8100Y and Pentium Gold G6500 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by M3-8100Y and Pentium Gold G6500 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by M3-8100Y and Pentium Gold G6500.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1016

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 1.98 3.09
Recency 28 August 2018 30 April 2020
Power consumption (TDP) 5 Watt 58 Watt

M3-8100Y has 1060% lower power consumption.

Pentium Gold G6500, on the other hand, has 56.1% faster integrated GPU, and an age advantage of 1 year.

We couldn't decide between M3-8100Y and Pentium Gold G6500. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that M3-8100Y is a notebook processor while Pentium Gold G6500 is a desktop one.


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