A6-9500E vs Pentium Gold 8500

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1729	2698
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	12.49	3.04
Designer	Intel	AMD
Architecture codename	no data	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	1 January 2022 (3 years ago)	27 July 2017 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 8500 and A6-9500E 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	5 (Penta-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Performance-cores	1	no data
Efficient-cores	4	no data
Threads	6	2
Base clock speed	no data	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.4 GHz	3.4 GHz
L2 cache	no data	1024 KB
L3 cache	8 MB Intel® Smart Cache	0 KB
Chip lithography	Intel 7 nm	28 nm
Die size	no data	246 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	74 °C
Number of transistors	no data	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 8500 and A6-9500E 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	FCBGA1781	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	29 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and A6-9500E. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+
FRTC	-	+
FreeSync	-	+
PowerTune	-	+
TrueAudio	-	+
PowerNow	-	+
PowerGating	-	+
VirusProtect	-	+
Speed Shift	+	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Pentium Gold 8500 and A6-9500E technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB	+	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and A6-9500E are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
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 8500 and A6-9500E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267	DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare R5 Graphics and UHD Graphics	Intel UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel Processors	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
iGPU core count	no data	4
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Enduro	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz	no data
Execution Units	48	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 8500 and A6-9500E integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	4	no data
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and A6-9500E integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz	no data
Max resolution over eDP	4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz	no data
Max resolution over DisplayPort	7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and A6-9500E integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12.1	DirectX® 12
OpenGL	4.6	no data
Vulkan	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and A6-9500E.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	14	8

Synthetic benchmarks

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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	3.37	0.99
Recency	1 January 2022	27 July 2017
Physical cores	5	2
Threads	6	2
Power consumption (TDP)	29 Watt	35 Watt

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