N100 vs Pentium Gold 8500

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold 8500 and N100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	1446
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 January 2022 (2 years ago)	1 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 8500 and N100 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.

Threads	6	4
Boost clock speed	4.4 GHz	3.4 GHz
L3 cache	8 MB Intel® Smart Cache	6 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Chip lithography	Intel 7 nm	Intel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	105 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 8500 and N100 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	FCBGA1264
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and N100. 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	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	-
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
GPIO	no data	+
Status	Launched	Launched

Security technologies

Pentium Gold 8500 and N100 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and N100 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and N100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267	DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800, LPDDR5-4800
Maximum memory size	64 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	2	1
ECC memory support	-	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel® Processors	Intel UHD Graphics
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz	750 MHz
Execution Units	48	24

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 8500 and N100 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

4

3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and N100 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	no data	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz	4096 x 2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP	4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz	no data
Max resolution over DisplayPort	7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz	4096 x 2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and N100 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12.1	12.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and N100.

PCI Express lanes	14	9
USB revision	no data	2.0/3.2

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 January 2022	1 January 2023
Threads	6	4

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