i3-N300 vs Pentium Gold 6500Y

Place in the ranking	1975	1158
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Power efficiency	35.77	74.10
Architecture codename	Amber Lake-Y (2018−2021)	Alder Lake-N (2023)
Release date	1 March 2021 (3 years ago)	3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$309

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 6500Y and Core i3-N300 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)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	4	8
Base clock speed	1.1 GHz	0.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	3.8 GHz
Bus rate	4 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	96 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	2 MB (per module)
L3 cache	4 MB	6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	Intel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	105 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 6500Y and Core i3-N300 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	FCBGA1264
Power consumption (TDP)	5 Watt	7 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 6500Y and Core i3-N300. 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	+	-
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	-
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
GPIO	no data	+

Security technologies

Pentium Gold 6500Y and Core i3-N300 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 6500Y and Core i3-N300 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold 6500Y and Core i3-N300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800, LPDDR5-4800
Maximum memory size	16 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	2	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	33.3 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel UHD Graphics 615	Intel UHD Graphics
Max video memory	16 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Clear Video	+	no data
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	900 MHz	1.25 GHz
Execution Units	23	32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 6500Y and Core i3-N300 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 6500Y and Core i3-N300 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

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

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold 6500Y and Core i3-N300 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	12.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold 6500Y and Core i3-N300.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	10	9
USB revision	no data	2.0/3.2

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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.

Pentium Gold 6500Y 1.90

i3-N300 5.51
+190%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Pentium Gold 6500Y 3015

i3-N300 8750
+190%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.90	5.51
Integrated graphics card	1.98	5.58
Recency	1 March 2021	3 January 2023
Physical cores	2	8
Threads	4	8
Power consumption (TDP)	5 Watt	7 Watt

Pentium Gold 6500Y has 40% lower power consumption.

i3-N300, on the other hand, has a 190% higher aggregate performance score, 181.8% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 1 year, and 300% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

The Core i3-N300 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold 6500Y in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Gold 6500Y and Core i3-N300, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.