Pentium Gold 7505 vs Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U outperforms Pentium Gold 7505 by a considerable 43% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U and Pentium Gold 7505 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 1210 | 1519 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Ryzen 7 | Intel Tiger Lake |
| Architecture codename | Zen+ (2018−2020) | Tiger Lake-U |
| Release date | 8 April 2019 (5 years ago) | 17 October 2020 (3 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U 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 cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| L1 cache | 384 KB | 160 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 2.5 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 10 nm |
| Die size | 209.78 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | 4940 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U 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 configuration | 1 (Uniprocessor) | 1 |
| Socket | AM4 | BGA1449 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U and Pentium Gold 7505. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | no data | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U and Pentium Gold 7505 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U and Pentium Gold 7505. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 Dual-channel | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | 32 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 38.397 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 | Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U and Pentium Gold 7505.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | no data |
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 7 PRO 3700U outperforms Pentium Gold 7505 by 43% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U outperforms Pentium Gold 7505 by 43% in Passmark.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
Benchmark coverage: 41%
Pentium Gold 7505 outperforms Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U by 42% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Benchmark coverage: 41%
Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U outperforms Pentium Gold 7505 by 18% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.
Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.
Benchmark coverage: 15%
Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U outperforms Pentium Gold 7505 by 65% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.
Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core
Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.
Benchmark coverage: 14%
Pentium Gold 7505 outperforms Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U by 11% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 4.81 | 3.36 |
| Integrated graphics card | 4.24 | 4.55 |
| Recency | 8 April 2019 | 17 October 2020 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 10 nm |
Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U has a 43.2% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.
Pentium Gold 7505, on the other hand, has 7.3% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 20% more advanced lithography process.
The Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold 7505 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U and Pentium Gold 7505, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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