Intel Pentium Gold 8500 vs AMD A4-9120C
Intel Pentium Gold 8500
$161
AMD A4-9120C
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5 Cores
6 Threads
1GHz Clock
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1 Core
2 Threads
1.6GHz Clock
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Socket
BGA 1744
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Socket
FT4
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iGPU
Iris Xe 48EU 700MHz
540 GFLOPS FP32
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iGPU
Radeon R4 3CU 600MHz GCN 3
230 GFLOPS FP32
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Manufacturer
Intel
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Manufacturer
AMD
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Architecture
Alder Lake
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Architecture
Excavator+
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Family
Pentium
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Family
A Series
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Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
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Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
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Codename
Alder Lake-U
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Alder Lake-2P-8E
P-Core
Golden Cove
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E-Core
Gracemont
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Codename
Stoney Ridge
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Stoney Ridge 1C
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Market Segment
Laptop
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Market Segment
Laptop
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Release Date
2/23/2022
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Release Date
1/6/2019
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Foundry
Intel
Intel (PCH Die)
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-
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Foundry
GlobalFoundries
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Node
Intel 7
14nm (PCH Die)
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Node
28nm
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Die Size
161 mm²
54 mm² (PCH Die)
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Die Size
125 mm²
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Transistor Count
11.9 Billion
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Transistor Count
1.2 Billion
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5 Cores
1 P-Cores
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4 E-Cores
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1 Core
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6 Threads
2 P-Threads
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4 E-Threads
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2 Threads
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P-Core
1GHz
4.4GHz Boost
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1.6GHz
2.4GHz Boost
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E-Core
700MHz
3.3GHz Boost
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Overclocking
Locked
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Overclocking
Locked
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Type
OPI
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Type
PCIe
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Transfer Rate
4GT/s
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Transfer Rate
8GT/s
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-
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Lanes
8
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Lanes
4
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Bandwidth
4GB/s
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Bandwidth
4GB/s
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Bi-directional
8GB/s
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Bi-directional
8GB/s
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L0 Instruction
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-
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L0 Instruction
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-
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L0 Data
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L0 Data
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L1 Instruction
32KB/P-Core
8-way set associative
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64KB/E-Core
8-way set associative
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L1 Instruction
96KB/Core
3-way set associative
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L1 Data
48KB/P-Core
12-way set associative
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32KB/E-Core
8-way set associative
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L1 Data
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
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L2
1280KB/Core
10-way set associative
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2MB Shared (E-Core)
16-way set associative
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L2
1024KB/Core
16-way set associative
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L3
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8MB Shared
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12-way set associative
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Channels
2
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Channels
1
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Max Memory
64GB
32GB
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Max Memory
16GB
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ECC
Not Supported
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ECC
Not Supported
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Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
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Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
64Bit
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Clock
2600MHz
2133MHz
Transfer Rate
5200MT/s
4266MT/s
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Clock
933MHz
Transfer Rate
1866MT/s
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Bandwidth/Channel
41.6GB/s
34.1GB/s
Bandwidth
83.2GB/s
68.3GB/s
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Bandwidth/Channel
14.9GB/s
Bandwidth
14.9GB/s
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TDP
9W
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29W Peak
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TDP
6W
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Temp
100°C Max
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-
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Included Cooler
Not Included
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Included Cooler
Not Included
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PCIe 4.0 x6 Lanes
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PCIe 3.0 x8 Lanes
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Iris Xe 48EU 700MHz
384 Shaders
700MHz
540 GFLOPS FP32
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Radeon R4 3CU 600MHz GCN 3
192 Shaders
600MHz
230 GFLOPS FP32
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GNA 3.0
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No NPU
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No Cellular
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No Cellular
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