Pentium 8505 vs Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition and Pentium 8505 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	AMD Ryzen 7	Intel Alder Lake-M
Architecture codename	Zen+ (2018−2019)	Alder Lake-U (2022)
Release date	29 April 2019 (5 years ago)	23 February 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$329	no data

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition and Pentium 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 cores	8 (Octa-Core)	5 (Penta-Core)
Threads	16	6
Base clock speed	3.7 GHz	1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.3 GHz	4.4 GHz
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	37	no data
L1 cache	768 KB	80K (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB	1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	12 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	213 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Number of transistors	4800 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition and Pentium 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	Socket AM4	Intel BGA 1744
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition and Pentium 8505. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
TSX	-	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Precision Boost 2	+	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition and Pentium 8505 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
Secure Key	no data	+
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition and Pentium 8505 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 Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition and Pentium 8505. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory size	64 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	46.933 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	-	Intel® UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Graphics max frequency	-	1.1 GHz
Execution Units	-	48

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition and Pentium 8505 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

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4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition and Pentium 8505 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	-	4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP	-	4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	-	7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition and Pentium 8505 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	-	12.1
OpenGL	-	4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition and Pentium 8505.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	20	20

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	29 April 2019	23 February 2022
Physical cores	8	5
Threads	16	6
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	15 Watt

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