AMD Ryzen Embedded R1600 vs Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen Embedded R1600 and Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Ryzen Embedded R1600

Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen Embedded R1600

Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 105 °C vs 100°C
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3276 vs 3024

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	105 °C vs 100°C
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	3276 vs 3024

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y

Around 10% higher clock speed: 3.40 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
3x lower typical power consumption: 5 Watt vs 15 Watt
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1758 vs 1724

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.40 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	5 Watt vs 15 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1758 vs 1724

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen Embedded R1600
CPU 2: Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1724

1758

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3276

3024

Name	AMD Ryzen Embedded R1600	Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y
PassMark - Single thread mark	1724	1758
PassMark - CPU mark	3276	3024

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen Embedded R1600	Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen	Amber Lake Y
Launch date	25 Feb 2020	Q1'21
Place in performance rating	1498	1477
Vertical segment	Mobile	Mobile
Processor Number		6500Y
Series		Intel Pentium Gold Processor Series
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	2.6 GHz	1.10 GHz
Die size	209.8 mm²
L1 cache	192 KB
L2 cache	1 MB
L3 cache	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	100°C
Maximum frequency	3.1 GHz	3.40 GHz
Number of cores	2
Number of threads	4
Transistor count	4950 million
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		4 GT/s
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
Maximum memory bandwidth		33.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size		16 GB
Compatibility
Configurable TDP-down	12 Watt	3.5 Watt
Configurable TDP-up	25 Watt	7 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Socket Count	FP5
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	5 Watt
Configurable TDP-down Frequency		600 MHz
Configurable TDP-up Frequency		1.60 GHz
Package Size		20mm X 16.5mm
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	8	10
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations		1x4, 2x2, 1x2+2x1 and 4x1
Graphics
Device ID		0x591C
Execution Units		23
Graphics base frequency		300 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		900 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory		16 GB
Processor graphics		Intel UHD Graphics 615
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported		3
Graphics image quality
4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort		3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP		3840x2160@60Hz
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
OpenGL		4.5
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)