Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y vs AMD EPYC 3201

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y and AMD EPYC 3201 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 EPYC 3201

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y

Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95 °C
6x lower typical power consumption: 5 Watt vs 30 Watt
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1758 vs 1564

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	100°C vs 95 °C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	5 Watt vs 30 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1758 vs 1564

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 3201

Around 91076% higher clock speed: 3100 MHz vs 3.40 GHz
2.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8672 vs 3024

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3100 MHz vs 3.40 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	8672 vs 3024

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 3201

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1758

1564

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3024

8672

Name	Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y	AMD EPYC 3201
PassMark - Single thread mark	1758	1564
PassMark - CPU mark	3024	8672

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y	AMD EPYC 3201
Essentials
Architecture codename	Amber Lake Y	Zen
Launch date	Q1'21	21 February 2018
Place in performance rating	1477	1516
Processor Number	6500Y
Series	Intel Pentium Gold Processor Series	3000
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Mobile	Embedded
Family		EPYC Embedded
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.10 GHz	1500 MHz
Bus Speed	4 GT/s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	100°C	95 °C
Maximum frequency	3.40 GHz	3100 MHz
L1 cache		768 KB
L2 cache		4 MB
L3 cache		16 MB
Number of cores		8
Number of threads		8
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	33.3 GB/s	34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size	16 GB
Supported memory types	LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600	DDR4-2133
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
OpenGL	4.5
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	30 Watt
Sockets supported		BGA (SP4r2)
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	10	32
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x4, 2x2, 1x2+2x1 and 4x1	x16, x8, x4, x2
Integrated LAN
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports		8
Number of USB ports		4
UART
USB revision		3.0
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)
Secure Boot
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
AMD SenseMI
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)