Pentium Gold 8505 vs Celeron N5100

Aggregate performance score

Celeron N5100
2021
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
2.08
Pentium Gold 8505
2022
6 threads, 55 Watt
5.87
+182%

Pentium Gold 8505 outperforms Celeron N5100 by a whopping 182% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron N5100 and Pentium Gold 8505 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking18811102
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Power efficiency32.8110.10
Architecture codenameJasper Lake (2021)no data
Release date11 January 2021 (3 years ago)1 January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron N5100 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)no data
Threads46
Base clock speed1.1 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz4.4 GHz
L2 cache1.5 MBno data
L3 cache4 MB8 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Chip lithography10 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N5100 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 configuration11
SocketFCBGA1338FCBGA1744
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N5100 and Pentium Gold 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++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
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 N5100 and Pentium Gold 8505 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection+-
SGX-no data
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N5100 and Pentium Gold 8505 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N5100 and Pentium Gold 8505. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
Maximum memory size16 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD GraphicsIntel UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel Processors
Quick Sync Video++
Graphics max frequency800 MHz1.1 GHz
Execution Units2448

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N5100 and Pentium Gold 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 N5100 and Pentium Gold 8505 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2160@60Hz4096 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 N5100 and Pentium Gold 8505 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX1212.1
OpenGL4.54.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N5100 and Pentium Gold 8505.

PCI Express lanes820
USB revision2.0/3.2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports14no data
Integrated LAN-no data
UART+no data

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.

Celeron N5100 2.08
Pentium Gold 8505 5.87
+182%

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.

Celeron N5100 3311
Pentium Gold 8505 9328
+182%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.08 5.87
Recency 11 January 2021 1 January 2022
Threads 4 6
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 55 Watt

Celeron N5100 has 816.7% lower power consumption.

Pentium Gold 8505, on the other hand, has a 182.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 months, and 50% more threads.

The Pentium Gold 8505 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron N5100 in performance tests.


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