Ryzen 7 8700F vs Pentium Gold 7505

Place in the ranking	1583	285
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	53.28
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Tiger Lake	no data
Power efficiency	20.61	28.55
Architecture codename	Tiger Lake-U (2020)	Phoenix (2023−2024)
Release date	17 October 2020 (4 years ago)	1 April 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$270

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 7505 and Ryzen 7 8700F 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)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	4	16
Base clock speed	2 GHz	4.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	5 GHz
Bus rate	4 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	160 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2.5 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	10 nm SuperFin	4 nm
Die size	no data	178 mm²
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	25,000 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 7505 and Ryzen 7 8700F 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	FCBGA1449	AM5
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 7505 and Ryzen 7 8700F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Precision Boost 2	no data	+
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Pentium Gold 7505 and Ryzen 7 8700F 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 Ryzen 7 8700F are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold 7505 and Ryzen 7 8700F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR5
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel® Processors	N/A
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	1.25 GHz	no data
Execution Units	48	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 7505 and Ryzen 7 8700F integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

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Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 7505 and Ryzen 7 8700F integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096x2304@60Hz	no data
Max resolution over eDP	4096x2304@60Hz	no data
Max resolution over DisplayPort	7680x4320@60Hz	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold 7505 and Ryzen 7 8700F integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold 7505 and Ryzen 7 8700F.

PCIe version	no data	4.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	20

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 3.39

Ryzen 7 8700F 20.35
+500%

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 5192

Ryzen 7 8700F 31136
+500%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.39	20.35
Recency	17 October 2020	1 April 2024
Physical cores	2	8
Threads	4	16
Chip lithography	10 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt

Pentium Gold 7505 has 333.3% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 7 8700F, on the other hand, has a 500.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 150% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 7 8700F is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold 7505 in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium Gold 7505 is a notebook processor while Ryzen 7 8700F is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Gold 7505 and Ryzen 7 8700F, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.