Pentium Gold 8505 vs Xeon Platinum 8558U

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8558U and Pentium Gold 8505 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1094
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Power efficiencyno data10.13
Architecture codenameEmerald Rapids (2023)no data
Release date14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)1 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,720no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8558U 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 cores48 (Octatetraconta-Core)no data
Threads966
Base clock speed2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed4 GHz4.4 GHz
L1 cache80 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache2 MB (per core)no data
L3 cache260 MB (shared)8 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size2x 763 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)78 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8558U 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 configuration11
SocketFCLGA4677FCBGA1744
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8558U and Pentium Gold 8505. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX+-
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8558U and Pentium Gold 8505 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
SGXYes with Intel® SPSno data
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8558U and Pentium Gold 8505 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8558U and Pentium Gold 8505. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5 @ 4800 MT/s (1 DPC)DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
Maximum memory size4 TB64 GB
Max memory channels82
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/AIntel® 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 Xeon Platinum 8558U and Pentium Gold 8505 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon Platinum 8558U 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 Xeon Platinum 8558U 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 Xeon Platinum 8558U and Pentium Gold 8505.

PCIe version5.0no data
PCI Express lanes8020

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 December 2023 1 January 2022
Threads 96 6
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 55 Watt

Xeon Platinum 8558U has an age advantage of 1 year, and 1500% more threads.

Pentium Gold 8505, on the other hand, has 445.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Platinum 8558U and Pentium Gold 8505. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Platinum 8558U is a server/workstation processor while Pentium Gold 8505 is a notebook one.


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