Xeon Gold 5403N vs Pentium Gold 6500Y

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold 6500Y and Xeon Gold 5403N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1980	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Power efficiency	35.96	no data
Architecture codename	Amber Lake-Y (2018−2021)	no data
Release date	1 March 2021 (3 years ago)	1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 6500Y and Xeon Gold 5403N 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)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	4	24
Base clock speed	1.1 GHz	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	3.9 GHz
Bus rate	4 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	no data
L2 cache	512 KB	no data
L3 cache	4 MB	22.5 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	Intel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	85 °C
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 6500Y and Xeon Gold 5403N 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	no data
Socket	BGA1515	FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)	5 Watt	115 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 6500Y and Xeon Gold 5403N. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512, Intel® AVX
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Pentium Gold 6500Y and Xeon Gold 5403N technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
MPX	+	-
Identity Protection	+	-
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 6500Y and Xeon Gold 5403N are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold 6500Y and Xeon Gold 5403N. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR5-4000
Maximum memory size	16 GB	4 TB
Max memory channels	2	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	33.3 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

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

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 6500Y and Xeon Gold 5403N integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 6500Y and Xeon Gold 5403N integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

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

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold 6500Y and Xeon Gold 5403N integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	no data
OpenGL	4.5	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold 6500Y and Xeon Gold 5403N.

PCIe version	3.0	4
PCI Express lanes	10	48

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 March 2021	1 October 2023
Physical cores	2	12
Threads	4	24
Power consumption (TDP)	5 Watt	115 Watt

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