Apple M4 Max (14 cores) vs Pentium Gold 6500Y

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold 6500Y and Apple M4 Max (14 cores) processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1972not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Seriesno dataApple M4
Power efficiency35.96no data
Architecture codenameAmber Lake-Y (2018−2021)no data
Release date1 March 2021 (3 years ago)30 November 2024 (recently)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 6500Y and Apple M4 Max (14 cores) 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)14 (Tetradeca-Core)
Threads414
Base clock speed1.1 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz4.51 GHz
Bus rate4 GT/sno data
L1 cache128 KBno data
L2 cache512 KBno data
L3 cache4 MBno data
Chip lithography14 nm3 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 6500Y and Apple M4 Max (14 cores) 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 configuration1no data
SocketBGA1515no data
Power consumption (TDP)5 Watt80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 6500Y and Apple M4 Max (14 cores). You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2no data
AES-NI+-
FMA+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data

Security technologies

Pentium Gold 6500Y and Apple M4 Max (14 cores) technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 6500Y and Apple M4 Max (14 cores) are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold 6500Y and Apple M4 Max (14 cores). Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory size16 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth33.3 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD Graphics 615Apple M4 32-core GPU
Max video memory16 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency900 MHzno data
Execution Units23no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 6500Y and Apple M4 Max (14 cores) integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
DVI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 6500Y and Apple M4 Max (14 cores) integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP3840x2160@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort3840x2160@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold 6500Y and Apple M4 Max (14 cores) integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold 6500Y and Apple M4 Max (14 cores).

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes10no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 March 2021 30 November 2024
Physical cores 2 14
Threads 4 14
Chip lithography 14 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 5 Watt 80 Watt

Pentium Gold 6500Y has 1500% lower power consumption.

Apple M4 Max (14 cores), on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, 600% more physical cores and 250% more threads, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Pentium Gold 6500Y and Apple M4 Max (14 cores). We've got no test results to judge.


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