Pentium Gold 4415Y vs Ryzen Z2
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen Z2 outperforms Pentium Gold 4415Y by a whopping 667% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1095 | 2647 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Hawk Point (Zen 4/4c) | Intel Pentium, Pentium Gold |
| Power efficiency | 10.59 | 6.44 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Hawk Point-U (Zen 4) (2023−2025) | Kaby Lake (2016−2019) |
| Release date | 6 January 2025 (less than a year ago) | 4 June 2017 (8 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $161 |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen Z2 and Pentium Gold 4415Y 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 | 3.3 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 5.1 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | OPI |
| Bus rate | no data | 4 GT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 16 |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | 2 MB |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 178 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 100 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | - |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen Z2 and Pentium Gold 4415Y 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 | no data | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | FP7/FP7r2/FP8 | FCBGA1515 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 28 Watt | 6 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen Z2 and Pentium Gold 4415Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, SSSE3 | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| My WiFi | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Flex Memory Access | no data | + |
| Smart Response | no data | + |
Security technologies
Ryzen Z2 and Pentium Gold 4415Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
| MPX | - | + |
| SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® ME |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen Z2 and Pentium Gold 4415Y 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 Z2 and Pentium Gold 4415Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 16 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 29.861 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon 780M | Intel HD Graphics 615 |
| Max video memory | no data | 16 GB |
| Quick Sync Video | - | + |
| Clear Video | no data | + |
| Clear Video HD | no data | + |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 850 MHz |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen Z2 and Pentium Gold 4415Y integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 3 |
| eDP | no data | + |
| DisplayPort | - | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
| DVI | no data | + |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen Z2 and Pentium Gold 4415Y integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| 4K resolution support | no data | + |
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | no data | 4096x2304@24Hz |
| Max resolution over eDP | no data | 4096x2304@60Hz |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | no data | 4096x2304@60Hz |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Ryzen Z2 and Pentium Gold 4415Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | no data | 12 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.4 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen Z2 and Pentium Gold 4415Y.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 10 |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 7.67 | 1.00 |
| Integrated graphics card | 16.44 | 1.70 |
| Recency | 6 January 2025 | 4 June 2017 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 2 |
| Threads | 16 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 28 Watt | 6 Watt |
Ryzen Z2 has a 667% higher aggregate performance score, 867.1% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 7 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.
Pentium Gold 4415Y, on the other hand, has 366.7% lower power consumption.
The AMD Ryzen Z2 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y in performance tests.
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