Pentium Gold 8505 vs Apple M3 Max 16-Core

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Aggregate performance score

Apple M3 Max 16-Core
2023
16 cores / 16 threads, 78 Watt
25.86
+343%
Pentium Gold 8505
2022
5 cores / 6 threads, 55 Watt
5.84

Apple M3 Max 16-Core outperforms Pentium Gold 8505 by a whopping 343% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing M3 Max 16-Core and Pentium Gold 8505 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1941122
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesApple M3no data
Power efficiency31.3610.04
Release date30 October 2023 (1 year ago)1 January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

M3 Max 16-Core 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)5 (Penta-Core)
Threads166
Base clock speed2.748 GHzno data
Boost clock speed4.06 GHz4.4 GHz
L3 cacheno data8 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Chip lithography3 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors92000 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on M3 Max 16-Core 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
Socketno dataFCBGA1744
Power consumption (TDP)78 Watt55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by M3 Max 16-Core 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-+
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

M3 Max 16-Core 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 M3 Max 16-Core and Pentium Gold 8505 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by M3 Max 16-Core and Pentium Gold 8505. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPUIntel UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel Processors
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.1 GHz
Execution Unitsno data48

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of M3 Max 16-Core and Pentium Gold 8505 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by M3 Max 16-Core 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 M3 Max 16-Core and Pentium Gold 8505 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by M3 Max 16-Core and Pentium Gold 8505.

PCI Express lanesno data20

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 M3 Max 16-Core 25.86
+343%
Pentium Gold 8505 5.84

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 M3 Max 16-Core 41076
+343%
Pentium Gold 8505 9275

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 25.86 5.84
Recency 30 October 2023 1 January 2022
Physical cores 16 5
Threads 16 6
Power consumption (TDP) 78 Watt 55 Watt

Apple M3 Max 16-Core has a 342.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and 220% more physical cores and 166.7% more threads.

Pentium Gold 8505, on the other hand, has 41.8% lower power consumption.

The M3 Max 16-Core is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold 8505 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Apple M3 Max 16-Core and Pentium Gold 8505, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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