
Pentium Gold G6500
Intel
PassMark
4,185
Performance
Budget
Performance Spectrum - CPU
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Overview
The Pentium Gold G6500 is manufactured by Intel. It was released in 30 April 2020 (5 years ago). It is based on the Comet Lake (2020−2025) architecture. It features 2 cores and 4 threads. Base frequency is 4.1 GHz, with boost up to 4.1 GHz. L3 cache: 4 MB (total). L2 cache: 256K (per core). Built on 14 nm process technology. Socket: LGA1200. Thermal design power (TDP): 58 Watt. Memory support: DDR4-2666. Passmark benchmark score: 4,185 points.
Specifications
General
- Type
- desktop
- Designer
- Intel
- Manufacturer
- Intel
- Release date
- 30 April 2020 (5 years ago)
- Architecture codename
- Comet Lake (2020−2025)
- Performance ranking position
- 1985
Technical
- Cores
- 2
- Threads
- 4
- L1 cache
- 64K (per core)
- L2 cache
- 256K (per core)
- L3 cache
- 4 MB (total)
- Max frequency
- 4.1 GHz
- 64-bit support
- +
- Base frequency
- 4.1 GHz
- Process technology
- 14 nm
- Max core temperature
- 100 °C
- Velocidade dos pneus
- 8 GT/s
- Max case temperature (TCase)
- 72 °C
- Compatibilidade com Windows 11
- +
Compatibility
- Socket
- LGA1200
- Power consumption (TDP)
- 58 Watt
- Max processors in config
- 1
Memory
- RAM types
- DDR4-2666
- Memory channels
- 2
- Memory bandwidth
- 41.6 GB/s
- Max memory capacity
- 128 GB
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