Pentium Gold 8505 vs A12-9700P

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Aggregate performance score

A12-9700P
2016
4 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
1.53
Pentium Gold 8505
2022
5 cores / 6 threads, 55 Watt
5.84
+282%

Pentium Gold 8505 outperforms A12-9700P by a whopping 282% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A12-9700P and Pentium Gold 8505 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking21381122
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Bristol Ridgeno data
Power efficiency9.6510.04
Architecture codenameBristol Ridge (2016−2019)no data
Release date1 June 2016 (8 years ago)1 January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A12-9700P and Pentium Gold 8505 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)5 (Penta-Core)
Threads46
Base clock speed2.5 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz4.4 GHz
L2 cache2048 KBno data
L3 cacheno data8 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Chip lithography28 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size250 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature90 °C100 °C
Number of transistors3100 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on A12-9700P and Pentium Gold 8505 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1
SocketFP4FCBGA1744
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A12-9700P and Pentium Gold 8505. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
FMAFMA4-
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
DualGraphics+-
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

A12-9700P and Pentium Gold 8505 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A12-9700P and Pentium Gold 8505 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A12-9700P and Pentium Gold 8505. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channels22

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon R7 GraphicsIntel UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel Processors
iGPU core count6no data
Quick Sync Video-+
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-
Graphics max frequencyno data1.1 GHz
Execution Unitsno data48

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A12-9700P and Pentium Gold 8505 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by A12-9700P and Pentium Gold 8505 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A12-9700P and Pentium Gold 8505 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 1212.1
OpenGLno data4.6
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A12-9700P and Pentium Gold 8505.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes820

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A12-9700P 1.53
Pentium Gold 8505 5.84
+282%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

A12-9700P 2432
Pentium Gold 8505 9275
+281%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.53 5.84
Recency 1 June 2016 1 January 2022
Physical cores 4 5
Threads 4 6
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 55 Watt

A12-9700P has 266.7% lower power consumption.

Pentium Gold 8505, on the other hand, has a 281.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, and 25% more physical cores and 50% more threads.

The Pentium Gold 8505 is our recommended choice as it beats the A12-9700P in performance tests.


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