Celeron D 326 vs Pentium Gold 8500

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold 8500 and Celeron D 326 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Architecture codenameno dataPrescott (2001−2005)
Release date1 January 2022 (2 years ago)September 2004 (20 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 8500 and Celeron D 326 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 coresno data1 (Single-Core)
Threads61
Base clock speedno data2.53 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz2.53 GHz
L1 cacheno data16 KB
L2 cacheno data256 KB
L3 cache8 MB Intel® Smart Cache0 KB
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nm90 nm
Die sizeno data109 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C68 °C
Number of transistorsno data125 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-
VID voltage rangeno data1.25V-1.4V

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 8500 and Celeron D 326 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 configuration11
SocketFCBGA1781PLGA478,PLGA775
Power consumption (TDP)29 Watt84 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Celeron D 326. 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+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data-
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switchingno data-
PAEno data32 Bit
FSB parityno data-
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Pentium Gold 8500 and Celeron D 326 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Celeron D 326 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Celeron D 326. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesLPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel® Processorsno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency800 MHzno data
Execution Units48no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 8500 and Celeron D 326 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported4no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Celeron D 326 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2304 @ 60Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096 x 2304 @ 120Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort7680 x 4320 @ 60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Celeron D 326 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Celeron D 326.

PCI Express lanes14no data

Pros & cons summary


Threads 6 1
Power consumption (TDP) 29 Watt 84 Watt

Pentium Gold 8500 has 500% more threads, and 189.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium Gold 8500 and Celeron D 326. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pentium Gold 8500 is a notebook processor while Celeron D 326 is a desktop one.


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