Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y vs AMD Athlon Silver 3050U

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y and AMD Athlon Silver 3050U processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y

AMD Athlon Silver 3050U

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y

Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.40 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95 °C
3x lower typical power consumption: 5 Watt vs 15 Watt
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1759 vs 1703
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3015 vs 2993

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.40 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Maximum core temperature	100°C vs 95 °C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	5 Watt vs 15 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1759 vs 1703
PassMark - CPU mark	3015 vs 2993

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver 3050U

2x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 16 GB

Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 16 GB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y
CPU 2: AMD Athlon Silver 3050U

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1759

1703

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3015

2993

Name	Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
PassMark - Single thread mark	1759	1703
PassMark - CPU mark	3015	2993

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y	AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
Essentials
Architecture codename	Amber Lake Y	Zen
Launch date	Q1'21	6 Jan 2020
Place in performance rating	1479	1514
Processor Number	6500Y	3050U
Series	Intel Pentium Gold Processor Series
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Mobile	Mobile
OPN Tray		YM3050C4T2OFG
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.10 GHz	2.3 GHz
Bus Speed	4 GT/s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	100°C	95 °C
Maximum frequency	3.40 GHz	3.2 GHz
L1 cache		192 KB
L2 cache		1 MB
L3 cache		4 MB
Number of cores		2
Number of GPU cores		2
Number of threads		2
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	33.3 GB/s	35.76 GB/s
Maximum memory size	16 GB	32 GB
Supported memory types	LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600	DDR4-2400
ECC memory support
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	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Compatibility
Configurable TDP-down	3.5 Watt
Configurable TDP-down Frequency	600 MHz
Configurable TDP-up	7 Watt
Configurable TDP-up Frequency	1.60 GHz
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Package Size	20mm X 16.5mm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	5 Watt	15 Watt
Configurable TDP		12-25 Watt
Sockets supported		FP5
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	10	12
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x4, 2x2, 1x2+2x1 and 4x1	1x8+1x4
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)