Pentium Gold G6500T: specs and benchmarks

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Pentium Gold G6500T
2020
2 cores / 4 threads
2.51

It provides poor benchmark performance at 2.51% of a leader's which is AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.

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Summary

Intel started Pentium Gold G6500T sales 1 April 2020. This is desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA1200 processor with a TDP of 35 Watt. It supports DDR4-2666 memory.

General info

Pentium Gold G6500T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance ranking1630
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processor
Release date1 April 2020 (4 years old)

Technical specs

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.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)
Threads4
Base clock speed3.5 GHzof 4.7 (Ryzen 9 7900X)
L3 cache4 MB Intel® Smart Cacheof 768 (EPYC 7773X)
Chip lithography14 nmof 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Maximum core temperature100 °Cof 110 (Core Ultra 7 165H)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility+
Unlocked multiplierNo

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold G6500T 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 configuration1of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8160M)
SocketFCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)35 Wattof 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold G6500T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Turbo Boost Technology-
Hyper-Threading Technology+
TSX-
Idle States+
Thermal Monitoring+
SIPP-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-
StatusLaunched

Security technologies

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

TXT-
EDB+
Secure Key+
Identity Protection+
SGXYes with Intel® ME
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 G6500T's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666
Maximum memory size128 GBof 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3)
Max memory channels2of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth41.6 GB/sof 460.8 (EPYC 9654)

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Pentium Gold G6500T.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 630
Max video memory64 GB
Quick Sync Video+
Clear Video+
Clear Video HD+
Graphics max frequency1.05 GHz
InTru 3D+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold G6500T's integrated GPU.

Number of displays supported3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold G6500T's integrated GPU, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold G6500T's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12
OpenGL4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version3.0of 5 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX)
PCI Express lanes16of 128 (EPYC 9654)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Pentium Gold G6500T. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pentium Gold G6500T 2.51

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Pentium Gold G6500T 3874

Gaming performance

Relative performance

Overall Pentium Gold G6500T performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop CPUs.


FX-6120 100
Pentium Gold G6500T 100

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Pentium Gold G6500T is FX-6120, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 3 positions in our ranking.

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Here are some closest AMD rivals to Pentium Gold G6500T:

A8-5500B 102.39
FX-6120 100
Pentium Gold G6500T 100
PRO A12-9800 95.62

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