PRO A12-9800 vs Pentium Gold 7505

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Gold 7505
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
3.27
+40.3%
PRO A12-9800
2016
4 cores / 4 threads, 65 Watt
2.33

Pentium Gold 7505 outperforms PRO A12-9800 by a considerable 40% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold 7505 and PRO A12-9800 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking15871792
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Tiger Lakeno data
Power efficiency20.633.39
Architecture codenameTiger Lake-U (2020)Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date17 October 2020 (4 years ago)3 October 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 7505 and PRO A12-9800 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 cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed2 GHz3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz4.2 GHz
Bus rate4 GT/sno data
L1 cache160 KBno data
L2 cache2.5 MB2048 KB
L3 cache4 MBno data
Chip lithography10 nm SuperFin28 nm
Die sizeno data250 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C90 °C
Number of transistorsno data3,100 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 7505 and PRO A12-9800 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
SocketFCBGA1449AM4
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 7505 and PRO A12-9800. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2no data
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++
FRTC-+
FreeSync-+
PowerTune-+
TrueAudio-+
PowerNow-+
PowerGating-+
Out-of-band client management-+
VirusProtect-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Pentium Gold 7505 and PRO A12-9800 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
SGX-no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 7505 and PRO A12-9800 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data
IOMMU 2.0-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold 7505 and PRO A12-9800. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels22

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel® ProcessorsAMD Radeon R7 Graphics
iGPU core countno data8
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video HD+no data
Enduro-+
UVD-+
VCE-+
Graphics max frequency1.25 GHzno data
Execution Units48no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 7505 and PRO A12-9800 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported4no data
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 7505 and PRO A12-9800 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort7680x4320@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold 7505 and PRO A12-9800 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12.1DirectX® 12
OpenGL4.6no data
Vulkan-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold 7505 and PRO A12-9800.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data8

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.

Pentium Gold 7505 3.27
+40.3%
PRO A12-9800 2.33

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.

Pentium Gold 7505 5195
+40.2%
PRO A12-9800 3705

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.27 2.33
Recency 17 October 2020 3 October 2016
Physical cores 2 4
Chip lithography 10 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 65 Watt

Pentium Gold 7505 has a 40.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 180% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

PRO A12-9800, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores.

The Pentium Gold 7505 is our recommended choice as it beats the PRO A12-9800 in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium Gold 7505 is a notebook processor while PRO A12-9800 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Gold 7505 and PRO A12-9800, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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