Intel Processor N100 vs Intel Pentium Gold 8500. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Processor N50/N100/N200 Intel Pentium Gold 8000
• Family
  Intel Processor N Intel Pentium
• Generation
  13 12
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  1.8 GHz -
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• Core Configuration
  4x Gracemont -
• CPU Cores
  4 5
• CPU Threads
  4 6
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.4 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.2 GHz -
• A-Core
  - 1x Golden Cove
• A-Core Frequency
  - 1.00 GHz (4.40 GHz)
• B-Core
  - 4x Gracemont
• B-Core Frequency
  - 0.70 GHz (3.30 GHz)

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

• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Execution units
  24 48
• Generation
  12 12
• GPU Frequency
  750 MHz 200 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Alder Lake) Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (48 EU)
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 800 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 64 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2023 Q2/2020
• Shader
  192 384
• Technology
  10 nm 10 nm

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

• AV1
  Decode Decode
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Pentium Gold 8500 and Intel Processor N100. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 64 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  38.4 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
• Memory channels
  1 (Single Channel) 2 (Dual Channel)
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR5-4800 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200
• PCIe
  3.0 x 9 4.0 x 14

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Processor N100 and Intel Pentium Gold 8500 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  105 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
  6 W 9 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - 29 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Processor N100 and Intel Pentium Gold 8500, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Alder Lake N Alder Lake U
• Chip design
  Monolithic Monolithic
• Documents
  Technical data sheet Technical data sheet
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  4 MB 3.25 MB
• L3-Cache
  6 MB 8 MB
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux -
• Release date
  Q1/2023 Q1/2022
• Release price
  128 $ -
• Socket
  BGA BGA 1744
• Technology
  10 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d