Pentium Gold 8505 vs Celeron N3350

Primary details

Comparing Celeron N3350 and Pentium Gold 8505 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2594	1029
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Celeron	no data
Architecture codename	Apollo Lake (2016)	no data
Release date	1 September 2016 (7 years ago)	1 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$24	no data
Current price	$251 (10.5x MSRP)	no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron N3350 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	no data
Threads	2	6
Base clock speed	1.1 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	4.4 GHz
L2 cache	2 MB	no data
L3 cache	0 KB	8 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Chip lithography	14 nm	Intel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	100 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N3350 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	FCBGA1296	FCBGA1744
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N3350 and Pentium Gold 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	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
SIPP	-	no data
Smart Response	-	no data
GPIO	+	no data
Smart Connect	-	no data
Status	Launched	Launched
HD Audio	+	no data
RST	-	no data

Security technologies

Celeron N3350 and Pentium Gold 8505 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	+
Secure Boot	+	no data
Secure Key	+	+
MPX	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	no data
OS Guard	+	+
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N3350 and Pentium Gold 8505 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
VT-i	-	no data
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N3350 and Pentium Gold 8505. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3, DDR4	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
Maximum memory size	8 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
ECC memory support	-	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel HD Graphics 500	Intel® UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel® Processors
Max video memory	8 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Clear Video	+	no data
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	650 MHz	1.1 GHz
Execution Units	12	48

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N3350 and Pentium Gold 8505 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	4
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data
MIPI-DSI	+	no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron N3350 and Pentium Gold 8505 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP	no data	4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron N3350 and Pentium Gold 8505 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	+	12.1
OpenGL	+	4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N3350 and Pentium Gold 8505.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	6	20
USB revision	2.0/3.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	8	no data
Integrated LAN	-	no data
UART	+	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.

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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 8505 outperforms Celeron N3350 by 738% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.72	6.03
Recency	1 September 2016	1 January 2022
Threads	2	6

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