Intel Pentium Gold G6500 Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Pentium Gold G6500 is a 2 core processor. It can handle 4 threads simultaneously and was introduced in Q2/2020. The Intel Pentium Gold G6500 is based on the 10. generation of the Intel Pentium series and requires a mainboard with the socket LGA 1200. The Intel Pentium Gold G6500 scores 1,060 points with one CPU core in the Geekbench 5 benchmark. When using all CPU cores, the result is 2,232 points.
Intel Pentium Gold G6500

CPU lineage

Here you can see which group the Intel Pentium Gold G6500 belongs to and which processor is the predecessor of the Intel Pentium Gold G6500.

Name: Intel Pentium Gold G6500
Family: Intel Pentium (150)
CPU group: Intel Pentium G6000 (12)
Architecture: Comet Lake S
Segment: Desktop / Server
Generation: 10
Predecessor: Intel Pentium Gold G5500
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The 2 CPU cores of the Intel Pentium Gold G6500 clock with 4.10 GHz. The number of CPU cores and the clock frequency of the processor are largely responsible for the overall performance.

CPU Cores / Threads: 2 / 4
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 2x
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 4.10 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): --
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores): --

Internal Graphics

With the Intel HD Graphics 630, the Intel Pentium Gold G6500 has an build in graphic solution. It has 24 SM processors, which have a total of 192 texture shaders. The iGPU not only enables games, but also significantly accelerates video playback.

GPU name: Intel HD Graphics 630
GPU frequency: 0.35 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.10 GHz
Compute units: 24
Shader: 192
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q2/2016
Max. displays: 3
Generation: 9.5
Direct X: 12
Technology: 14 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 64 GB
Frame Generation: No

Hardware codec support

Processors that have an integrated graphics can play videos faster and more efficiently. This can have a positive effect on the battery life of notebooks, for example.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit): Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode / Encode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode / Encode
VP9: Decode / Encode
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Pentium Gold G6500 supports up to 128 GB memory in up to 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum memory bandwidth of 42.7 GB/s.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR4-2666
42.7 GB/s
Max. Memory: 128 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: Yes
PCIe: 3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth: 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

With the TDP, the processor manufacturer specifies the cooling solution required for the processor. The Intel Pentium Gold G6500 has a TDP of 58 W.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 58 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium Gold G6500 has a 4.00 MB large cache. The processor is manufactured in 14 nm. Modern production increases the efficiency of the processor.

Technology: 14 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: LGA 1200
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 4.00 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems: Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release date: Q2/2020
Release price: 90 $
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Pentium Gold G6500 have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.


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.
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
1061
Intel Core i7-8700T Intel Core i7-8700T
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
1061
Intel Xeon Gold 6130T Intel Xeon Gold 6130T
16C 32T @ 3.70 GHz
1061
Intel Pentium Gold G6500 Intel Pentium Gold G6500
2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
1060
Intel Core i3-N300 Intel Core i3-N300
8C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
1060
Intel Pentium Gold G6405 Intel Pentium Gold G6405
2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
1060
Intel Xeon Silver 4215R Intel Xeon Silver 4215R
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
1060

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 Core i7-940 Intel Core i7-940
4C 8T @ 2.93 GHz
2253
Intel Core i7-2630QM Intel Core i7-2630QM
4C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
2251
Intel Core i3-1115GRE Intel Core i3-1115GRE
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
2233
Intel Pentium Gold G6500 Intel Pentium Gold G6500
2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
2232
Intel Core i5-3570T Intel Core i5-3570T
4C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
2232
Intel Core i5-4590T Intel Core i5-4590T
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
2231
Intel Core i3-6300 Intel Core i3-6300
2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
2229

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 Core i7-4500U Intel Core i7-4500U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
895
Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 5G
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
894
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
892
Intel Pentium Gold G6500 Intel Pentium Gold G6500
2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
890
Intel Pentium Gold G6405 Intel Pentium Gold G6405
2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
890
Intel Core i5-4288U Intel Core i5-4288U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
889
Intel Core i5-4278U Intel Core i5-4278U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
889

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 Core i5-4278U Intel Core i5-4278U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
1869
Intel Core i5-6200U Intel Core i5-6200U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
1867
Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
1864
Intel Pentium Gold G6500 Intel Pentium Gold G6500
2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
1863
Intel Pentium Gold G5600F Intel Pentium Gold G5600F
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
1860
Intel Pentium Gold G5600 Intel Pentium Gold G5600
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
1860
Intel Core i5-3340S Intel Core i5-3340S
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
1859

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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.
AMD EPYC 7F72 AMD EPYC 7F72
24C 48T @ 3.70 GHz
425
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
425
Intel Core i5-1034G1 Intel Core i5-1034G1
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
425
Intel Pentium Gold G6500 Intel Pentium Gold G6500
2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
424
Intel Xeon W-3235 Intel Xeon W-3235
12C 24T @ 4.50 GHz
424
Intel Core i5-9400F Intel Core i5-9400F
6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz
423
Intel Core i5-8365U Intel Core i5-8365U
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
422

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.
AMD A8-6500 AMD A8-6500
AMD Radeon HD 8570D @ 0.84 GHz
432
AMD A8-5545M AMD A8-5545M
AMD Radeon HD 8510G @ 0.55 GHz
425
AMD FX-7500 AMD FX-7500
AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Kaveri) @ 0.55 GHz
425
Intel Pentium Gold G6500 Intel Pentium Gold G6500
Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz
422
Intel Pentium Gold G6505T Intel Pentium Gold G6505T
Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz
422
Intel Pentium Gold G6505 Intel Pentium Gold G6505
Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz
422
Intel Pentium Gold G6605 Intel Pentium Gold G6605
Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz
422

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.
AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
4178
Intel Core i5-2450P Intel Core i5-2450P
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
4172
Intel Atom x6413E Intel Atom x6413E
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
4169
Intel Pentium Gold G6500 Intel Pentium Gold G6500
2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
4166
Intel Core i3-7300T Intel Core i3-7300T
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
4160
Intel Celeron N5095A Intel Celeron N5095A
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
4155
Intel Core i3-6098P Intel Core i3-6098P
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
4155

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 Xeon E3-1275 v5 Intel Xeon E3-1275 v5
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
172
Intel Xeon E5-2618L v3 Intel Xeon E5-2618L v3
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
172
Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
172
Intel Pentium Gold G6500 Intel Pentium Gold G6500
2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
171
Intel Core i5-10500TE Intel Core i5-10500TE
6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz
171
Intel Core i3-10100T Intel Core i3-10100T
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
171
Intel Core i5-10500T Intel Core i5-10500T
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
171

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.
AMD Phenom II X6 1045T AMD Phenom II X6 1045T
6C 6T @ 3.20 GHz
433
Intel Core i5-4690T Intel Core i5-4690T
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
433
Intel Xeon Bronze 3104 Intel Xeon Bronze 3104
6C 6T @ 1.70 GHz
432
Intel Pentium Gold G6500 Intel Pentium Gold G6500
2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz
427
Intel Pentium Gold G5600F Intel Pentium Gold G5600F
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
425
Intel Pentium Gold G5600 Intel Pentium Gold G5600
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
425
Intel Core i3-7100 Intel Core i3-7100
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
425

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