Pentium Gold 7505 vs Athlon 3000G
Aggregate performance score
Pentium Gold 7505 outperforms Athlon 3000G by a moderate 16% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Athlon 3000G and Pentium Gold 7505 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 1584 | 1499 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 11.03 | no data |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Athlon | Intel Tiger Lake |
| Architecture codename | Zen+ (2018−2020) | Tiger Lake-U |
| Release date | 21 November 2019 (4 years ago) | 17 October 2020 (3 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $49 | no data |
| Current price | $110 (2.2x MSRP) | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Athlon 3000G 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| L1 cache | 96K (per core) | 160 KB |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 2.5 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 10 nm SuperFin |
| Die size | 209.78 mm2? | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | 4,800 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | Yes | No |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon 3000G 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 | FCBGA1449 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 3000G 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 | no data | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| PowerNow | + | no data |
| 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 | no data | + |
| SIPP | no data | - |
| Status | no data | Discontinued |
Security technologies
Athlon 3000G 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 Athlon 3000G and Pentium Gold 7505 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | no data |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 3000G and Pentium Gold 7505. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 Dual-channel | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB? | 64 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 42.671 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | no data | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 | Intel® UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel® Processors |
| Quick Sync Video | no data | + |
| Clear Video HD | no data | + |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 1.25 GHz |
| Execution Units | no data | 48 |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Athlon 3000G and Pentium Gold 7505 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 4 |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Athlon 3000G 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 Athlon 3000G and Pentium Gold 7505 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | no data | 12.1 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 3000G and Pentium Gold 7505.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 6 | 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.
Pentium Gold 7505 outperforms Athlon 3000G by 16% 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%
Pentium Gold 7505 outperforms Athlon 3000G by 16% 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: 42%
Pentium Gold 7505 outperforms Athlon 3000G by 41% 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: 42%
Pentium Gold 7505 outperforms Athlon 3000G by 32% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.90 | 3.36 |
| Recency | 21 November 2019 | 17 October 2020 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 15 Watt |
The Pentium Gold 7505 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon 3000G in performance tests.
Note that Athlon 3000G is a desktop processor while Pentium Gold 7505 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon 3000G and Pentium Gold 7505, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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