Pentium Gold 6500Y vs Phenom II X4 N950

Athlon II P320 Athlon II P340 Athlon II P360 Phenom II X3 N830 Phenom II X4 N930 Phenom II X4 N970 Phenom II X4 P960 Turion II P520 Turion II P540 V-Series V120 V-Series V140 V-Series V160
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Pentium Gold 4415U Pentium Gold 4415Y Pentium Gold 4417U Pentium Gold 4425Y Pentium Gold 5405U Pentium Gold 6405U Pentium Gold 6500Y Pentium Gold 7505 Pentium Gold 8500 Pentium Gold 8505

Aggregate performance score

Phenom II X4 N950
2010
4 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
1.62
Pentium Gold 6500Y
2021
2 cores / 4 threads, 5 Watt
1.97
+21.6%

Pentium Gold 6500Y outperforms Phenom II X4 N950 by a significant 22% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Contents

Phenom II X4 N950 Phenom II X4 N950
Pentium Gold 6500Y Pentium Gold 6500Y

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X4 N950 and Pentium Gold 6500Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking21021959
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series4x AMD Phenom IIno data
Power efficiency4.2235.93
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Amber Lake-Y (2018−2021)
Release date4 October 2010 (14 years ago)1 March 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 N950 and Pentium Gold 6500Y 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speedno data1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHz4 GT/s
L1 cache512 KB128 KB
L2 cache2 MB512 KB
L3 cacheno data4 MB
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 N950 and Pentium Gold 6500Y 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 configurationno data1
SocketS1BGA1515
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 N950 and Pentium Gold 6500Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Phenom II X4 N950 and Pentium Gold 6500Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 N950 and Pentium Gold 6500Y are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 N950 and Pentium Gold 6500Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data33.3 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics 615
Max video memoryno data16 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data900 MHz
Execution Unitsno data23

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Phenom II X4 N950 and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
DVIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Phenom II X4 N950 and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data3840x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Phenom II X4 N950 and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X4 N950 and Pentium Gold 6500Y.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data10

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score 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.

Phenom II X4 N950 1.62
Pentium Gold 6500Y 1.97
+21.6%

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.

Phenom II X4 N950 2485
Pentium Gold 6500Y 3016
+21.4%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 1.62 1.97
Recency 4 October 2010 1 March 2021
Physical cores 4 2
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 5 Watt

Phenom II X4 N950 has 100% more physical cores.

Pentium Gold 6500Y, on the other hand, has a 21.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 600% lower power consumption.

The Pentium Gold 6500Y is our recommended choice as it beats the Phenom II X4 N950 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Phenom II X4 N950 and Pentium Gold 6500Y, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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