Pentium Gold 7505 vs A10-9700E
Aggregate performance score
Pentium Gold 7505 outperforms A10-9700E by an impressive 60% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing A10-9700E and Pentium Gold 7505 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1911 | 1596 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Intel Tiger Lake |
| Power efficiency | 5.51 | 20.62 |
| Architecture codename | Bristol Ridge (2016−2019) | Tiger Lake-U (2020) |
| Release date | 27 July 2017 (7 years ago) | 17 October 2020 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
A10-9700E 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 | 4 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 3 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 4 GT/s |
| L1 cache | no data | 160 KB |
| L2 cache | 2048 KB | 2.5 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 10 nm SuperFin |
| Die size | 246 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | 100 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 74 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,178 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on A10-9700E 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 | 1 |
| Socket | AM4 | FCBGA1449 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A10-9700E and Pentium Gold 7505. 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 | + | + |
| FMA | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| FRTC | + | - |
| FreeSync | + | - |
| PowerTune | + | - |
| TrueAudio | + | - |
| PowerNow | + | - |
| PowerGating | + | - |
| VirusProtect | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
A10-9700E and Pentium Gold 7505 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | - |
| SGX | no data | - |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A10-9700E and Pentium Gold 7505 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 A10-9700E and Pentium Gold 7505. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2400 | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 64 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon R7 Graphics | Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel Processors |
| iGPU core count | 6 | no data |
| Quick Sync Video | - | + |
| Clear Video HD | no data | + |
| Enduro | + | - |
| UVD | + | - |
| VCE | + | - |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 1.25 GHz |
| Execution Units | no data | 48 |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of A10-9700E and Pentium Gold 7505 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 4 |
| DisplayPort | + | - |
| HDMI | + | - |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by A10-9700E and Pentium Gold 7505 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | no data | 4096x2304@60Hz |
| Max resolution over eDP | no data | 4096x2304@60Hz |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | no data | 7680x4320@60Hz |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by A10-9700E and Pentium Gold 7505 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | DirectX® 12 | 12.1 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| Vulkan | + | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A10-9700E and Pentium Gold 7505.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 8 | 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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.04 | 3.27 |
| Recency | 27 July 2017 | 17 October 2020 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 15 Watt |
A10-9700E has 100% more physical cores.
Pentium Gold 7505, on the other hand, has a 60.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 180% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.
The Pentium Gold 7505 is our recommended choice as it beats the A10-9700E in performance tests.
Note that A10-9700E is a desktop processor while Pentium Gold 7505 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between A10-9700E and Pentium Gold 7505, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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