7 250H vs Pentium 3805U

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 3805U and Core 7 250H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2678	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium	no data
Power efficiency	4.67	no data
Architecture codename	Broadwell-U (2015)	Raptor Lake-H (2023−2024)
Release date	1 March 2015 (9 years ago)	18 December 2024 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	$502

Detailed specifications

Pentium 3805U and Core 7 250H 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	14 (Tetradeca-Core)
Threads	2	20
Base clock speed	1.9 GHz	2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.9 GHz	5.4 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Die size	82 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	105 °C	72 °C
Number of transistors	1300 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 3805U and Core 7 250H 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	FCBGA1168	Intel BGA 1744
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 3805U and Core 7 250H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	no data
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Smart Response	-	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data

Security technologies

Pentium 3805U and Core 7 250H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	-
OS Guard	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 3805U and Core 7 250H are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 3805U and Core 7 250H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory size	16 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel HD Graphics for 5th Generation Intel Processors	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96EU
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Clear Video	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz	no data
InTru 3D	+	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 3805U and Core 7 250H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium 3805U and Core 7 250H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

11.2/12

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 3805U and Core 7 250H.

PCIe version	2.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	12	8

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 March 2015	18 December 2024
Physical cores	2	14
Threads	2	20
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	45 Watt

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