Intel Pentium Gold G6500 Benchmark, Test and specs

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CPU lineage

The Intel Pentium Gold G6500 features 2 processor cores and has the capability to manage 4 threads concurrently. It was released in Q2/2020 and belongs to the 10 generation of the Intel Pentium series. To use the Intel Pentium Gold G6500, you'll need a motherboard with a LGA 1200 socket.
Name: Intel Pentium Gold G6500
Family: Intel Pentium
Group: Intel Pentium G6000
Segment: Desktop / Server
Generation: 10

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium Gold G6500 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium Gold G6500 is 4.1 GHz
CPU Cores: 2
Threads: 4
Cores: 2x
Core architecture: normal
Hyperthreading: Yes
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 4.1 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Intel Pentium Gold G6500 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Pentium Gold G6500 uses the Intel HD Graphics 630, which has 192 texture shaders and 24 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
GPU name: Intel HD Graphics 630
GPU frequency: 0.35 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.1 GHz
Execution units: 24
Shaders: 192
Max. GPU Memory: 64.0 GB
Max. displays: --
Generation: 9.5
Direct X: 12
Technology: 14 nm
Release date: Q2/2016

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
h265 / HEVC (8 bit): Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode / Encode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode / Encode
VP9: Decode / Encode
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The processor supports a maximum memory capacity of 128.0 GB distributed across 2 memory channels. It offers a peak memory bandwidth of 42.7 GB/s. Both the type and quantity of memory can have a substantial impact on the overall system performance.
Memory type: DDR4-2666
Max. Memory: 128.0 GB
Memory channels: 2
Bandwidth: 42.7 GB/s
ECC: Yes
PCIe: pci
AES-NI: Yes

Thermal Management

The processor has a thermal design power (TDP) of 58 W watts. TDP indicates the cooling solution needed to effectively manage the processor's heat. It generally provides an approximate indication of the actual power consumption of the CPU itself.
TDP (PL1 / PBP): 58 W
TDP (PL2): None
TDP up: None
TDP down: None
Tjunction max: 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium Gold G6500 is manufactured using a 14 nm process. A smaller manufacturing process indicates a more contemporary and energy-efficient CPU. In total, this processor boasts a generous 4.0 MB cache. A substantial cache can significantly enhance the processor's performance, particularly in scenarios like gaming.
Technology: 14 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: LGA 1200
L2-Cache: 0 bytes
L3-Cache: 4.0 MB
Architecture: Comet Lake S
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux, Windows 11
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release date: Q2/2020
Release price: 90 $
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet
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Benchmarks

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Intel Core i5-2450P
4C 4T @ 3.2 GHz
4172
4172
Intel Atom x6413E
4C 4T @ 1.5 GHz
4169
4169
Intel Pentium Gold G6500
2C 4T @ 4.1 GHz
4166
4166
Intel Core i3-7300T
2C 4T @ 3.5 GHz
4160
4160
Intel Core i3-6098P
2C 4T @ 3.6 GHz
4155
4155

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i3-1115GRE
2C 4T @ 2.2 GHz
2233
2233
Intel Core i5-3570T
4C 4T @ 2.3 GHz
2232
2232
Intel Pentium Gold G6500
2C 4T @ 4.1 GHz
2232
2232
Intel Core i5-3570T
4C 4T @ 2.3 GHz
2232
2232
Intel Core i5-4590T
4C 4T @ 2.0 GHz
2231
2231

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5-6200U
2C 4T @ 2.3 GHz
1867
1867
Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G
NoneC NoneT @ --
1864
1864
Intel Pentium Gold G6500
2C 4T @ 4.1 GHz
1863
1863
Intel Pentium Gold G5600F
2C 4T @ 3.9 GHz
1860
1860
Intel Pentium Gold G5600
2C 4T @ 3.9 GHz
1860
1860

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Intel Core i5-9300H
4C 8T @ 2.4 GHz
1060
1060
Intel Core i5-9300HF
4C 8T @ 2.4 GHz
1060
1060
Intel Pentium Gold G6500
2C 4T @ 4.1 GHz
1060
1060
Intel Pentium Gold G6405
2C 4T @ 4.1 GHz
1060
1060
Intel Xeon Silver 4215R
8C 16T @ 3.2 GHz
1060
1060

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G
8C 8T @ 2.2 GHz
892
892
Intel Pentium Gold G6405
2C 4T @ 4.1 GHz
890
890
Intel Pentium Gold G6500
2C 4T @ 4.1 GHz
890
890
Intel Pentium Gold G6405
2C 4T @ 4.1 GHz
890
890
Intel Core i5-4278U
2C 4T @ 2.6 GHz
889
889

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5-4690T
4C 4T @ 2.5 GHz
433
433
Intel Xeon Bronze 3104
6C 6T @ 1.7 GHz
432
432
Intel Pentium Gold G6500
2C 4T @ 4.1 GHz
427
427
Intel Pentium Gold G5600
2C 4T @ 3.9 GHz
425
425
Intel Pentium Gold G5600F
2C 4T @ 3.9 GHz
425
425

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i5-1034G1
4C 8T @ 0.8 GHz
425
425
Intel Xeon W-3235
12C 24T @ 3.3 GHz
424
424
Intel Pentium Gold G6500
2C 4T @ 4.1 GHz
424
424
Intel Xeon W-3235
12C 24T @ 3.3 GHz
424
424
Intel Core i5-9400F
6C 6T @ 2.9 GHz
423
423

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i5-10500TE
6C 12T @ 2.3 GHz
171
171
Intel Core i5-10500T
6C 12T @ 2.3 GHz
171
171
Intel Pentium Gold G6500
2C 4T @ 4.1 GHz
171
171
Intel Core i3-8350K
4C 4T @ 4.0 GHz
171
171
Intel Core i7-7567U
2C 4T @ 3.5 GHz
171
171