Pentium Gold 6500Y vs Xeon Silver 4214

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4214 and Pentium Gold 6500Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	692	1866
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	13.42	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon Silver	no data
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Amber Lake-Y (2018−2021)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	1 March 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$694	no data
Current price	$708 (1x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4214 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	12 (Dodeca-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	24	4
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	3.4 GHz
L1 cache	768 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	12 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	16.5 MB	4 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	77 °C	100 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4214 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	2 (Multiprocessor)	1
Socket	FCLGA3647	BGA1515
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4214 and Pentium Gold 6500Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	no data	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	-
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	no data	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
SIPP	no data	-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Status	Launched	Discontinued

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4214 and Pentium Gold 6500Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	-
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	no data	+
MPX	no data	+
Identity Protection	no data	+
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4214 and Pentium Gold 6500Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4214 and Pentium Gold 6500Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR3
Maximum memory size	1 TB	16 GB
Max memory channels	6	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	115.212 GB/s	33.3 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	Intel UHD Graphics 615
Max video memory	no data	16 GB
Quick Sync Video	no data	+
Clear Video	no data	+
Clear Video HD	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	900 MHz
Execution Units	no data	23

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon Silver 4214 and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	no data	3
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	no data	+
HDMI	no data	+
DVI	no data	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon Silver 4214 and Pentium Gold 6500Y 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	3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	3840x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon Silver 4214 and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	12
OpenGL	no data	4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4214 and Pentium Gold 6500Y.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	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.

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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.

Xeon Silver 4214 outperforms Pentium Gold 6500Y by 437% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	10.47	1.95
Recency	2 April 2019	1 March 2021
Physical cores	12	2
Threads	24	4
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	5 Watt

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