Pentium Gold 7505 vs EPYC 7H12

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Aggregate performance score

EPYC 7H12
2019
64 cores / 128 threads, 280 Watt
45.50
+1242%

EPYC 7H12 outperforms Pentium Gold 7505 by a whopping 1242% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing EPYC 7H12 and Pentium Gold 7505 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking461579
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesAMD EPYCIntel Tiger Lake
Power efficiency14.8220.61
Architecture codenameZen 2 (2017−2020)Tiger Lake-U (2020)
Release date18 September 2019 (5 years ago)17 October 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

EPYC 7H12 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 cores64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads1284
Base clock speed2.6 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
Multiplier26no data
L1 cache96K (per core)160 KB
L2 cache512K (per core)2.5 MB
L3 cache256 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography7 nm, 14 nm10 nm SuperFin
Die size192 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors4,800 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 7H12 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 configuration2 (Multiprocessor)1
SocketTR4FCBGA1449
Power consumption (TDP)280 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 7H12 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-+
Precision Boost 2+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

EPYC 7H12 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 EPYC 7H12 and Pentium Gold 7505 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 EPYC 7H12 and Pentium Gold 7505. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Eight-channelDDR4
Maximum memory size4 TiB64 GB
Max memory channels82
Maximum memory bandwidth204.763 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® 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 EPYC 7H12 and Pentium Gold 7505 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by EPYC 7H12 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 EPYC 7H12 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.

EPYC 7H12 45.50
+1242%
Pentium Gold 7505 3.39

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.

EPYC 7H12 69633
+1241%
Pentium Gold 7505 5193

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 45.50 3.39
Recency 18 September 2019 17 October 2020
Physical cores 64 2
Threads 128 4
Chip lithography 7 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 280 Watt 15 Watt

EPYC 7H12 has a 1242.2% higher aggregate performance score, 3100% more physical cores and 3100% more threads, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium Gold 7505, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 1766.7% lower power consumption.

The EPYC 7H12 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold 7505 in performance tests.

Be aware that EPYC 7H12 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium Gold 7505 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between EPYC 7H12 and Pentium Gold 7505, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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