Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y vs Qualcomm Microsoft SQ2 Full Specs

Summary

2 Cores 4 Threads 1.1GHz	8 Cores(4P+4E) 8 Threads(4P+4E) 3.15GHz
TDP 5W	TDP -
Bandwidth 29.9GB/s LPDDR3·DDR3L	Bandwidth 68.3GB/s LPDDR4X
iGPU UHD 615 23EU 900MHz	iGPU Adreno 690
Peak·FP32·FP16 331.2 GFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 4.18 TFLOPSFP16
Socket BGA 1515	Socket -

Highlights

Geekbench 6 Single

Geekbench 6 Single Geekbench 6 Multi Max Bandwidth iGPU Peak iGPU FP32 iGPU FP16 NPU TOPS TDP

Pentium Gold 6500Y996

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Microsoft SQ2-

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Core Config

2 Cores 2P -	8 Cores 4P 4E
4 Threads 4P -	8 Threads 4P 4E

Clocks

Base Clock 1.1GHz	Base Clock 3.15GHz
Boost Clock 3.4GHz	Boost Clock -
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 32KB P -	L1i 64KB P 32KB E
L1d 32KB P -	L1d 64KB P 32KB E
L2 256KB P -	L2 512KB P 128KB E
L3 4MB	L3 2MB
SLC Cache -	SLC Cache 3MB

Memory

Type LPDDR3·DDR3L	Type LPDDR4X
Max Memory 16GB	Max Memory 16GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 2	Channels 8
Bus Width 128-bit	Bus Width 128-bit
Speed 1866MT/s	Speed 4266MT/s
Bandwidth 29.9GB/s	Bandwidth 68.3GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate1866MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 29.9GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate4266MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 68.3GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 5W	TDP -
cTDP-down 4W	cTDP-down -
cTDP-up 7W	cTDP-up -
Max Operating Temp 100°C Max	Max Operating Temp -

Chipset Bus

Bus Type OPI	Bus Type -
Bus Config 4 lanes	Bus Config -
Bus Speed 4GT/s	Bus Speed -
Bus Bandwidth 2GB/s	Bus Bandwidth -

Expansion

PCIe PCIe 3.0 x10 9.8GB/sBandwidth

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iGPU

iGPU UHD 615 23EU 900MHz	iGPU Adreno 690
Shaders 184	Shaders 1536
Boost Clock 900MHz	Boost Clock 680MHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 331.2 GFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 4.18 TFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model -	NPU Model Hexagon 690
Performance -	Performance 7 TOPS

Cellular

Modem Model -	Modem Model X24
Peak Down -	Peak Down Up to 2.0Gbps
Peak Up -	Peak Up Up to 316Mbps

Controller

Controller Model 300 Series Y+	Controller Model -
Codename Amber Lake	Codename -
PCIe -	PCIe -

Chip

Manufacturer Intel	Manufacturer Qualcomm
ISA x86-64	ISA AArch64
Architecture Skylake	Architecture Kryo 495ARMv8.2-A
Family Pentium	Family SQ Series
Branding	Branding
Codename Amber Lake-Y Amber Lake-2CVariant - -	Codename - Microsoft SQ2Variant Cortex-A76P-Core Cortex-A55E-Core
Market Segment Laptop	Market Segment Tablet
Release Date Jan 3, 2021	Release Date Oct 1, 2020

Fabrication

Foundry Intel	Foundry TSMC
Other Foundries IntelPCH	Other Foundries -
Fabrication Node 14nm++ 22nmPCH	Fabrication Node N7 -
Die Size 103mm² 52mm²PCH	Die Size -
Transistor Count 1.8 Billion	Transistor Count -
Transistor Density 17 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density -

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Used In

Tablets Surface Go 3(Amber Lake-R, Late 2021)

Tablets Surface Pro X+(SQ2, Late 2020)

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