Intel N50 vs Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y

Comparative analysis of Intel N50 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.

Intel N50

Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel N50

Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 100°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 14 nm

Maximum core temperature	105°C vs 100°C
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 14 nm

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y

Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 5 Watt vs 6 Watt
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3024 vs 2702

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	5 Watt vs 6 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1758 vs 1756
PassMark - CPU mark	3024 vs 2702

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel N50
CPU 2: Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1756

1758

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2702

3024

Name	Intel N50	Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y
PassMark - Single thread mark	1756	1758
PassMark - CPU mark	2702	3024

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel N50	Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y
Essentials
Launch date	3 Jan 2023	Q1'21
Place in performance rating	1485	1477
Architecture codename		Amber Lake Y
Processor Number		6500Y
Series		Intel Pentium Gold Processor Series
Status		Launched
Vertical segment		Mobile
Performance
Base frequency	1000 MHz	1.10 GHz
L1 cache	96K (per core)
L2 cache	2MB (shared)
L3 cache	6MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	105°C	100°C
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz	3.40 GHz
Number of cores	2
Number of threads	2
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		4 GT/s
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR4, DDR5, 4800 MHz, Single-channel	LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory bandwidth		33.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size		16 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	Intel BGA 1264
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt	5 Watt
Configurable TDP-down		3.5 Watt
Configurable TDP-down Frequency		600 MHz
Configurable TDP-up		7 Watt
Configurable TDP-up Frequency		1.60 GHz
Package Size		20mm X 16.5mm
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 3, 9 Lanes, (CPU only)	1x4, 2x2, 1x2+2x1 and 4x1
Max number of PCIe lanes		10
PCI Express revision		3.0
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)