Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y vs Intel Celeron N4020

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Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Celeron N4020
Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y Intel Celeron N4020

CPU comparison

Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y or Intel Celeron N4020 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y was released in Q1/2021.

The Intel Celeron N4020 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron N4020 was released in Q4/2019.
Intel Pentium (150) Family Intel Celeron (165)
Intel Pentium 6000Y (1) CPU group Intel Celeron J4000/N4000/N5000 (11)
10 Generation 9
Amber Lake U Architecture Gemini Lake
Mobile Segment Mobile
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CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.10 GHz (3.40 GHz). The Intel Celeron N4020 has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.10 GHz (2.80 GHz).

Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y Characteristic Intel Celeron N4020
2 Cores 2
4 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.10 GHz Frequency 1.10 GHz
3.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 2.80 GHz
2.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.70 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y Characteristic Intel Celeron N4020
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

Intel HD Graphics 615 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 600
0.30 GHz GPU frequency 0.20 GHz
0.90 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.65 GHz
9.5 GPU Generation 9.5
14nm Technology 14 nm
3 Max. displays 3
24 Compute units 12
192 Shader 96
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
16 GB Max. GPU Memory 8 GB
12 DirectX Version 12

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.

Intel HD Graphics 615 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 600
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron N4020 can connect up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y Characteristic Intel Celeron N4020
LPDDR3-1866, DDR3-1600 Memory , DDR4-2400
16 GB Max. Memory 8 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
33.3 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 2.0
10 PCIe lanes 6
9.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 3.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y has a TDP of 5 W, that of the Intel Celeron N4020 is 6 W.

Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y Characteristic Intel Celeron N4020
5 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 6 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
7 W TDP up --
3.5 W TDP down 4.8 W
100 °C Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y has a 4.00 MB cache, while the Intel Celeron N4020 cache has a total of 4.00 MB.

Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y Characteristic Intel Celeron N4020
14 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
BGA 1515 Socket BGA 1090
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2021 Release date Q4/2019
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
821 (100%)
Intel Celeron N4020 Intel Celeron N4020
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
486 (59%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1680 (100%)
Intel Celeron N4020 Intel Celeron N4020
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz
896 (53%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1045 (100%)
Intel Celeron N4020 Intel Celeron N4020
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
402 (38%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1758 (100%)
Intel Celeron N4020 Intel Celeron N4020
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz
722 (41%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y
Intel HD Graphics 615 @ 0.90 GHz
346 (100%)
Intel Celeron N4020 Intel Celeron N4020
Intel UHD Graphics 600 @ 0.65 GHz
125 (36%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
2980 (100%)
Intel Celeron N4020 Intel Celeron N4020
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz
1567 (53%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y
2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N4020 Intel Celeron N4020
2C 2T @ 1.10 GHz
411 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N4020 Intel Celeron N4020
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
75 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N4020 Intel Celeron N4020
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz
144 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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