Xeon Gold 6330 vs Pentium Gold 7505

Aggregate performance score

Pentium Gold 7505
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
3.33
Xeon Gold 6330
2021
28 cores / 56 threads, 205 Watt
27.62
+729%

Xeon Gold 6330 outperforms Pentium Gold 7505 by a whopping 729% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold 7505 and Xeon Gold 6330 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1585179
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesIntel Tiger Lakeno data
Power efficiency20.6212.51
Architecture codenameTiger Lake-U (2020)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date17 October 2020 (4 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 7505 and Xeon Gold 6330 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)28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads456
Base clock speed2 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz3.1 GHz
Bus rate4 GT/sno data
L1 cache160 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache2.5 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB42 MB (shared)
Chip lithography10 nm SuperFin10 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data86 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 7505 and Xeon Gold 6330 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 configuration12
SocketFCBGA1449FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 7505 and Xeon Gold 6330. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Pentium Gold 7505 and Xeon Gold 6330 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDBno data+
SGX-Yes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 7505 and Xeon Gold 6330 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold 7505 and Xeon Gold 6330. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size64 GB6 TB
Max memory channels28
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel® Processorsno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.25 GHzno data
Execution Units48no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 7505 and Xeon Gold 6330 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported4no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 7505 and Xeon Gold 6330 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 Xeon Gold 6330 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold 7505 and Xeon Gold 6330.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data64

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 3.33
Xeon Gold 6330 27.62
+729%

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
Xeon Gold 6330 43056
+729%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.33 27.62
Recency 17 October 2020 6 April 2021
Physical cores 2 28
Threads 4 56
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 205 Watt

Pentium Gold 7505 has 1266.7% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6330, on the other hand, has a 729.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 months, and 1300% more physical cores and 1300% more threads.

The Xeon Gold 6330 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 Xeon Gold 6330 is a server/workstation one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Gold 7505 and Xeon Gold 6330, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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