Celeron G6900 vs Pentium Gold 6500Y

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold 6500Y and Celeron G6900 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1865	1575
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	16.53
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Amber Lake-Y (2018−2021)	Alder Lake-S (2022)
Release date	1 March 2021 (3 years ago)	4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Current price	no data	$89

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 6500Y and Celeron G6900 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	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	1.1 GHz	3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	3.4 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB	80K (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	Intel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	100 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 6500Y and Celeron G6900 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	BGA1515	FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)	5 Watt	46 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 6500Y and Celeron G6900. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	no data
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	-
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
SIPP	-	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
Status	Discontinued	Launched

Security technologies

Pentium Gold 6500Y and Celeron G6900 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 6500Y and Celeron G6900 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold 6500Y and Celeron G6900. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	16 GB	128 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	33.3 GB/s	76.8 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel UHD Graphics 615	Intel UHD Graphics 710
Max video memory	16 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Clear Video	+	no data
Clear Video HD	+	+
Graphics max frequency	900 MHz	1.3 GHz
Execution Units	23	16

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 6500Y and Celeron G6900 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 6500Y and Celeron G6900 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	+	no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096x2304@24Hz	4096 x 2160 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP	3840x2160@60Hz	5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	3840x2160@60Hz	7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold 6500Y and Celeron G6900 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold 6500Y and Celeron G6900.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanes	10	20

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.

Celeron G6900 outperforms Pentium Gold 6500Y by 51% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.95	2.94
Recency	1 March 2021	4 January 2022
Threads	4	2
Power consumption (TDP)	5 Watt	46 Watt

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