Xeon 6960P vs Pentium Gold 7505

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold 7505 and Xeon 6960P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1585	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Tiger Lake	no data
Power efficiency	20.62	no data
Architecture codename	Tiger Lake-U (2020)	Granite Rapids (2024)
Release date	17 October 2020 (4 years ago)	24 September 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 7505 and Xeon 6960P 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)	72 (Doheptaconta-Core)
Threads	4	144
Base clock speed	2 GHz	2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.9 GHz
Bus rate	4 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	160 KB	112 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2.5 MB	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	432 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	10 nm SuperFin	5 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	80 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 7505 and Xeon 6960P 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	2
Socket	FCBGA1449	7529
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	500 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 7505 and Xeon 6960P. 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)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Pentium Gold 7505 and Xeon 6960P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 7505 and Xeon 6960P are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold 7505 and Xeon 6960P. 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 Xeon 6960P integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

4

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Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 7505 and Xeon 6960P 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 Xeon 6960P 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 Xeon 6960P.

PCIe version	no data	5.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	96

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	17 October 2020	24 September 2024
Physical cores	2	72
Threads	4	144
Chip lithography	10 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	500 Watt

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