Pentium Gold 7505 vs Phenom II X4 955 (95W)

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Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X4 955 (95W) and Pentium Gold 7505 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1579
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Tiger Lake
Power efficiencyno data20.61
Architecture codenameDeneb (2009−2011)Tiger Lake-U (2020)
Release date1 April 2009 (15 years ago)17 October 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 955 (95W) and Pentium Gold 7505 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed3.2 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
L1 cache128 KB (per core)160 KB
L2 cache512 KB (per core)2.5 MB
L3 cache6 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography45 nm10 nm SuperFin
Die size258 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors758 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 955 (95W) and Pentium Gold 7505 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
SocketAM3FCBGA1449
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 955 (95W) and Pentium Gold 7505. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Phenom II X4 955 (95W) and Pentium Gold 7505 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 955 (95W) and Pentium Gold 7505 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 955 (95W) and Pentium Gold 7505. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)Intel® UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.25 GHz
Execution Unitsno data48

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Phenom II X4 955 (95W) and Pentium Gold 7505 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Phenom II X4 955 (95W) and Pentium Gold 7505 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680x4320@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Phenom II X4 955 (95W) and Pentium Gold 7505 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X4 955 (95W) and Pentium Gold 7505.

PCIe version2.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2009 17 October 2020
Physical cores 4 2
Chip lithography 45 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 15 Watt

Phenom II X4 955 (95W) has 100% more physical cores.

Pentium Gold 7505, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, a 350% more advanced lithography process, and 533.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Phenom II X4 955 (95W) and Pentium Gold 7505. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Phenom II X4 955 (95W) is a desktop processor while Pentium Gold 7505 is a notebook one.


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