Pentium 8500 vs Pentium Silver N6000

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver N6000 and Pentium 8500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1949	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Alder Lake-M
Power efficiency	30.24	no data
Architecture codename	Jasper Lake (2021)	Alder Lake-U (2022)
Release date	11 January 2021 (3 years ago)	23 February 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N6000 and Pentium 8500 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	4 (Quad-Core)	5 (Penta-Core)
Threads	4	6
Base clock speed	1.1 GHz	1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.3 GHz	4.4 GHz
L1 cache	no data	80K (per core)
L2 cache	1.5 MB	1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	10 nm	Intel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	100 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N6000 and Pentium 8500 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	FCBGA1338	Intel BGA 1781
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	9 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Pentium 8500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	-	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	-
GPIO	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Pentium Silver N6000 and Pentium 8500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
Secure Key	no data	+
Identity Protection	+	-
SGX	-	no data
OS Guard	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Pentium 8500 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Pentium 8500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory size	16 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	2	2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel UHD Graphics	Intel® UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Graphics max frequency	850 MHz	800 MHz
Execution Units	32	48

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver N6000 and Pentium 8500 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	4
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
MIPI-DSI	+	no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Pentium 8500 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	+	no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096x2160@60Hz	4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP	no data	4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	4096x2160@60Hz	7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Pentium 8500 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	12.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Pentium 8500.

PCIe version	no data	4.0
PCI Express lanes	8	14
USB revision	2.0/3.2	no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	14	no data
Integrated LAN	-	no data
UART	+	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	11 January 2021	23 February 2022
Physical cores	4	5
Threads	4	6
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	9 Watt

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