Pentium Gold 8505 vs Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U
2019
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.55

Pentium Gold 8505 outperforms Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U by a substantial 34% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U and Pentium Gold 8505 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking13031074
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5no data
Architecture codenameZen+ (2018−2019)no data
Release date8 April 2019 (5 years ago)1 January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U and Pentium Gold 8505 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)no data
Threads86
Base clock speed2.1 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz4.4 GHz
Bus typePCIe 3.0no data
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache384 KBno data
L2 cache2 MBno data
L3 cache4 MB8 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Chip lithography12 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size209.78 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors4940 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U and Pentium Gold 8505 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketAM4FCBGA1744
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U and Pentium Gold 8505. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX+-
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Statusno dataLaunched
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U and Pentium Gold 8505 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U and Pentium Gold 8505 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 Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U and Pentium Gold 8505. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
Maximum memory size32 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)Intel® UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.1 GHz
Execution Unitsno data48

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U and Pentium Gold 8505 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U and Pentium Gold 8505 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U and Pentium Gold 8505 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U and Pentium Gold 8505.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes1220

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.

Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 4.55
Pentium Gold 8505 6.10
+34.1%

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.

Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 7009
Pentium Gold 8505 9405
+34.2%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.55 6.10
Recency 8 April 2019 1 January 2022
Threads 8 6
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 55 Watt

Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U has 33.3% more threads, and 266.7% lower power consumption.

Pentium Gold 8505, on the other hand, has a 34.1% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 2 years.

The Pentium Gold 8505 is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U and Pentium Gold 8505, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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