Pentium Gold 6500Y vs Ryzen 7 2700
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 7 2700 outperforms Pentium Gold 6500Y by a whopping 415% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 902 | 2138 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 7.12 | no data |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Ryzen 7 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 5.79 | 14.62 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | GlobalFoundries | no data |
| Architecture codename | Zen+ (2018−2019) | Amber Lake-Y (2018−2021) |
| Release date | 19 April 2018 (7 years ago) | 1 March 2021 (4 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $299 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 7 2700 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 cores | 8 (Octa-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 16 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 1.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.1 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | 4 GT/s |
| Multiplier | 32 | no data |
| L1 cache | 96K (per core) | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 16 MB (shared) | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 192 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | 4,800 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 7 2700 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 configuration | 1 (Uniprocessor) | 1 |
| Socket | AM4 | FCBGA1515 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 5 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 2700 and Pentium Gold 6500Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | SSE4.2, SSE4A, AMD-V, AES, AVX2, FMA3, SHA | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Flex Memory Access | no data | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Security technologies
Ryzen 7 2700 and Pentium Gold 6500Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | - |
| EDB | no data | + |
| MPX | - | + |
| Identity Protection | - | + |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 2700 and Pentium Gold 6500Y are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 2700 and Pentium Gold 6500Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 Dual-channel | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | 16 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 46.933 GB/s | 33.3 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | - | Intel UHD Graphics 615 |
| Max video memory | - | 16 GB |
| Quick Sync Video | - | + |
| Clear Video | - | + |
| Clear Video HD | - | + |
| Graphics max frequency | - | 900 MHz |
| Execution Units | - | 23 |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 7 2700 and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | - | 3 |
| eDP | - | + |
| DisplayPort | - | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
| DVI | - | + |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 7 2700 and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| 4K resolution support | - | + |
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | - | 4096x2304@24Hz |
| Max resolution over eDP | - | 3840x2160@60Hz |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | - | 3840x2160@60Hz |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Ryzen 7 2700 and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | - | 12 |
| OpenGL | - | 4.5 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 2700 and Pentium Gold 6500Y.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 20 | 10 |
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 9.74 | 1.89 |
| Recency | 19 April 2018 | 1 March 2021 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 2 |
| Threads | 16 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 5 Watt |
Ryzen 7 2700 has a 415.3% higher aggregate performance score, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.
Pentium Gold 6500Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 1200% lower power consumption.
The AMD Ryzen 7 2700 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y in performance tests.
Note that Ryzen 7 2700 is a desktop processor while Pentium Gold 6500Y is a notebook one.
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