Ultra 5 135U vs Pentium Gold 8500

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold 8500 and Core Ultra 5 135U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	697
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Meteor Lake-U
Power efficiency	no data	70.09
Architecture codename	no data	Meteor Lake-P (2023)
Release date	1 January 2022 (2 years ago)	14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$332

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 8500 and Core Ultra 5 135U 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	no data	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	6	14
Base clock speed	no data	1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.4 GHz	4.4 GHz
L1 cache	no data	112 KB (per core)
L2 cache	no data	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB Intel® Smart Cache	12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	Intel 7 nm	Intel 4 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	110 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 8500 and Core Ultra 5 135U 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	FCBGA2049
Power consumption (TDP)	29 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Core Ultra 5 135U. 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	+	+
AVX	-	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	-	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	-	+
SIPP	-	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
Deep Learning Boost	+	+
Supported AI Software Frameworks	-	OpenVINO™, WindowsML, ONNX RT

Security technologies

Pentium Gold 8500 and Core Ultra 5 135U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	+
OS Guard	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Core Ultra 5 135U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Core Ultra 5 135U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267	DDR5
Maximum memory size	64 GB	96 GB
Max memory channels	2	2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel® Processors	Intel® Graphics
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz	1.9 GHz
Execution Units	48	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 8500 and Core Ultra 5 135U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

4

4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Core Ultra 5 135U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz	4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz (HDMI 2.1 TMDS) 7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz (HDMI2.1 FRL)
Max resolution over eDP	4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz	3840x2400 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz	7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Core Ultra 5 135U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12.1	12.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Core Ultra 5 135U.

PCIe version	no data	4.0
PCI Express lanes	14	12
PCI support	no data	4.0

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 January 2022	14 December 2023
Threads	6	14
Power consumption (TDP)	29 Watt	15 Watt

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