Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Full Specs

Summary

2 Cores 4 Threads 1.1GHz	8 Cores(1P+3M+4E) 8 Threads(1P+3M+4E) 3GHz
TDP 5W	TDP 5W
Bandwidth 29.9GB/s LPDDR3·DDR3L	Bandwidth 51.2GB/s LPDDR5
iGPU UHD 615 23EU 900MHz	iGPU Adreno 730
Peak·FP32·FP16 331.2 GFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 3.35 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

x1

Snapdragon 8 Gen 11,311

x1.32

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Core Config

2 Cores 2P - -	8 Cores 1P 3M 4E
4 Threads 4P - -	8 Threads 1P 3M 4E

Clocks

Base Clock 1.1GHz	Base Clock 3GHz
Boost Clock 3.4GHz	Boost Clock -
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 32KB P - -	L1i 64KB P 64KB M 32KB E
L1d 32KB P - -	L1d 64KB P 64KB M 32KB E
L2 256KB P - -	L2 1MB P 512KB M 128KB E
L3 4MB	L3 6MB
SLC Cache -	SLC Cache 4MB

Memory

Type LPDDR3·DDR3L	Type LPDDR5
Max Memory 16GB	Max Memory 24GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 2	Channels 4
Bus Width 128-bit	Bus Width 64-bit
Speed 1866MT/s	Speed 6400MT/s
Bandwidth 29.9GB/s	Bandwidth 51.2GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate1866MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 29.9GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate6400MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 51.2GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 5W	TDP 5W
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 730
Shaders 184	Shaders 1024
Boost Clock 900MHz	Boost Clock 818MHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 331.2 GFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 3.35 TFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model -	NPU Model Hexagon
Performance -	Performance 52 TOPSINT4

Cellular

Modem Model -	Modem Model X65
Cellular -	Cellular 5G mmWave
Peak Down -	Peak Down Up to 10.0Gbps
Peak Up -	Peak Up Up to 3.0Gbps

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 KryoARMv9.0-A
Family Pentium	Family 8 Series
Branding	Branding
Codename Amber Lake-Y Amber Lake-2CVariant - - -	Codename - Snapdragon 8 Gen 1Variant Cortex-X2P-Core Cortex-A710M-Core Cortex-A510E-Core
Market Segment Laptop	Market Segment Smartphone
Release Date Jan 3, 2021	Release Date Oct 5, 2021

Fabrication

Foundry Intel	Foundry Samsung
Other Foundries IntelPCH	Other Foundries -
Fabrication Node 14nm++ 22nmPCH	Fabrication Node 4LPE -
Die Size 103mm² 52mm²PCH	Die Size 129mm² -
Transistor Count 1.8 Billion	Transistor Count -
Transistor Density 17 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density -

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Used In

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Tablets Surface Go 3(Amber Lake-R, Late 2021)	Tablets Galaxy Tab S8(SD 8G1, Early 2022)Galaxy Tab S8+(SD 8G1, Early 2022)Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra(SD 8G1, Early 2022)

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