Pentium 8505 vs Celeron N4120

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Primary details

Comparing Celeron N4120 and Pentium 8505 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2099not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Gemini LakeIntel Alder Lake-M
Power efficiency24.62no data
Architecture codenameGemini Lake Refresh (2019)Alder Lake-U (2022)
Release date4 November 2019 (4 years ago)23 February 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron N4120 and Pentium 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 speed1.1 GHz1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz4.4 GHz
L1 cacheno data80K (per core)
L2 cache4 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N4120 and Pentium 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 configuration11
SocketFCBGA1090Intel BGA 1744
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N4120 and Pentium 8505. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift-+
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Celeron N4120 and Pentium 8505 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDB+no data
Secure Key++
MPX+-
Identity Protection+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard++
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N4120 and Pentium 8505 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N4120 and Pentium 8505. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory size8 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 600Intel® UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel® Processors
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video++
Graphics max frequency700 MHz1.1 GHz
Execution Units1248

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N4120 and Pentium 8505 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported34
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron N4120 and Pentium 8505 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2160@30Hz4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP4096x2160@60Hz4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2160@60Hz7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron N4120 and Pentium 8505 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX1212.1
OpenGL4.44.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N4120 and Pentium 8505.

PCIe version2.04.0
PCI Express lanes620
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports8no data
Integrated LAN-no data
UART+no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 November 2019 23 February 2022
Physical cores 4 5
Threads 4 6
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 15 Watt

Celeron N4120 has 150% lower power consumption.

Pentium 8505, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 25% more physical cores and 50% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Celeron N4120 and Pentium 8505. We've got no test results to judge.


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