Intel Core i7-6498DU vs Intel Pentium Gold 4415U. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Intel Pentium
• Generation
  6 7
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 6000U Intel Pentium 4400

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  2.50 GHz 2.30 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.10 GHz No turbo
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Turbo (2 Cores)
  2.80 GHz No turbo
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 510 Intel HD Graphics 610
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz 0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.05 GHz 0.95 GHz
• Execution units
  12 12
• Shader
  96 96
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB 32 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  9 9.5
• DirectX Version
  12.0 12
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2015 Q3/2016

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Pentium Gold 4415U and Intel Core i7-6498DU. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMMDDR4-2133 SO-DIMMLPDDR3-1866 DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMMDDR4-2133 SO-DIMMLPDDR3-1866
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 32 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0 2.0
• PCIe lanes
  12 10

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-6498DU and Intel Pentium Gold 4415U to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 15 W
• TDP down
  -- 10 W
• Tjunction max.
  -- 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-6498DU and Intel Core i7-6498DU, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 2.00 MB
• Architecture
  Skylake U Kaby Lake U
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1356 BGA 1356
• Release date
  Q4/2015 Q1/2017