Pentium Gold 8500: specs and benchmarks

Summary

Intel started Pentium Gold 8500 sales 1 January 2022. This is notebook processor primarily aimed at home systems.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCBGA1781 processor with a TDP of 29 Watt. It supports LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267 memory.

Primary details

Pentium Gold 8500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance ranking	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop
Release date	1 January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Threads	6
Boost clock speed	4.4 GHz	of 50 MHz (i486DX-50)
L3 cache	8 MB Intel® Smart Cache	of 1179648 KB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography	Intel 7 nm	of 0.18 µm (K6-2+/450ACZ)
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	of 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950)
64 bit support	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 8500 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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	of 8 (Opteron 842)
Socket	FCBGA1781
Power consumption (TDP)	29 Watt	of 400 Watt (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 8500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+
Speed Shift	+
Hyper-Threading Technology	+
Thermal Monitoring	+
Flex Memory Access	-
Status	Launched
Deep Learning Boost	+

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB	+
Secure Key	+
OS Guard	+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d	+
VT-x	+
EPT	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Pentium Gold 8500's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types	LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
Maximum memory size	64 GB	of 6 TiB (EPYC 9124)
Max memory channels	2	of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Pentium Gold 8500.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video	+
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz
Execution Units	48

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 8500's integrated GPU.

Number of displays supported

4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 8500's integrated GPU, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP	4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold 8500's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12.1
OpenGL	4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCI Express lanes

14

of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Pentium Gold 8500. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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