Pentium Gold 7505 vs Apple M1 Pro

Aggregate performance score

Apple M1 Pro
2021
10 cores / 10 threads, 2064 Watt
10.82
+231%
Pentium Gold 7505
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
3.27

Apple M1 Pro outperforms Pentium Gold 7505 by a whopping 231% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Apple M1 Pro and Pentium Gold 7505 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking7131587
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesApple M-SeriesIntel Tiger Lake
Power efficiencyno data20.63
Architecture codenameno dataTiger Lake-U (2020)
Release date18 October 2021 (3 years ago)17 October 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Apple M1 Pro and Pentium Gold 7505 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 cores10 (Deca-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads104
Base clock speed2.064 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.22 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
L1 cache2.9 MB160 KB
L2 cache28 MB2.5 MB
L3 cache24 MB4 MB
Chip lithography5 nm10 nm SuperFin
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors33700 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on Apple M1 Pro and Pentium Gold 7505 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
Socketno dataFCBGA1449
Power consumption (TDP)2064 ‑ 3220 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M1 Pro and Pentium Gold 7505. 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-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Apple M1 Pro and Pentium Gold 7505 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Apple M1 Pro and Pentium Gold 7505 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M1 Pro and Pentium Gold 7505. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardApple M1 Pro 16-Core GPUIntel® UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.25 GHz
Execution Unitsno data48

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Apple M1 Pro and Pentium Gold 7505 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Apple M1 Pro and Pentium Gold 7505 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680x4320@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Apple M1 Pro and Pentium Gold 7505 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

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.

Apple M1 Pro 10.82
+231%
Pentium Gold 7505 3.27

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.

Apple M1 Pro 17191
+231%
Pentium Gold 7505 5195

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Apple M1 Pro 1690
+323%
Pentium Gold 7505 400

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Apple M1 Pro 209
+26.7%
Pentium Gold 7505 165

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Apple M1 Pro 12499
+437%
Pentium Gold 7505 2326

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Apple M1 Pro 1768
+56.6%
Pentium Gold 7505 1129

WebXPRT 3

Apple M1 Pro 342
+85.5%
Pentium Gold 7505 184

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.82 3.27
Recency 18 October 2021 17 October 2020
Physical cores 10 2
Threads 10 4
Chip lithography 5 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 2064 Watt 15 Watt

Apple M1 Pro has a 230.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 400% more physical cores and 150% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium Gold 7505, on the other hand, has 13660% lower power consumption.

The Apple M1 Pro is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold 7505 in performance tests.


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