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Intel Pentium Gold G6500 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8160F. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q2/2020
Intel Pentium Gold G6500
Intel Pentium Gold G6500
Released
Q3/2017
Overall score
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Intel Xeon Platinum 8160F
Intel Xeon Platinum 8160F

What's the best choice Intel Pentium Gold G6500 or Intel Xeon Platinum 8160F? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Intel Pentium Gold G6500 has a maximum frequency of 4.10 GHz. 2 Cores. Power consumption of 58 W. Released in Q2/2020.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8160F has a maximum frequency of 2.10 GHz. 24 Cores. Power consumption of 160 W. Released in Q3/2017.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    899 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 49% better clock speed

    4.10 GHz left arrow 2.10 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    58 W left arrow 160 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Pentium Gold G6500 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    280 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    268 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    597 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    790 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    149 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    About 12 times more cores

    24 left arrow 2

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon Platinum 8160F CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    361 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    38 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    150 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    24 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    214 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    20 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Pentium Gold G6500 Intel Pentium Gold G6500
Intel Xeon Platinum 8160F Intel Xeon Platinum 8160F
CPU family and group

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

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    Intel Pentium left arrow Intel Xeon Platinum
  • Generation
    10 left arrow 1
  • CPU group
    Intel Pentium G6000 left arrow Intel Xeon Platinum 8100
CPU Technical specs

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
    4.10 GHz left arrow 2.10 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    2 left arrow 24
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    No turbo left arrow 3.70 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    4 left arrow 48
  • Hyperthreading
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
IGPU

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 630 left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU frequency
    0.35 GHz left arrow
  • GPU (Turbo)
    1.10 GHz left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    24 left arrow
  • Shader
    192 left arrow
  • Max. GPU Memory
    64 GB left arrow --
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow
  • Generation
    9.5 left arrow
  • DirectX Version
    12 left arrow
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow
  • Release date
    Q2/2016 left arrow
Hardware codec support

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

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow No
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon Platinum 8160F and Intel Pentium Gold G6500. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-2666 left arrow DDR4-2666
  • Max. Memory
    128 GB left arrow
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 6
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 3.0
  • PCIe lanes
    16 left arrow 48
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Pentium Gold G6500 and Intel Xeon Platinum 8160F to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    58 W left arrow 160 W
  • Tjunction max.
    100 °C left arrow --
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Pentium Gold G6500 and Intel Pentium Gold G6500, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
  • L3-Cache
    4.00 MB left arrow 33.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Comet Lake S left arrow Skylake
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Socket
    LGA 1200 left arrow LGA 3647
  • Release date
    Q2/2020 left arrow Q3/2017

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Pentium Gold G6500 and Intel Xeon Platinum 8160F.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
171
Intel Pentium Gold G6500
161
Intel Xeon Platinum 8160F
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
427
Intel Pentium Gold G6500
3444
Intel Xeon Platinum 8160F

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