Pentium 6805 vs i5-520M

Place in the ranking	2403	1678
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core i5	no data
Power efficiency	2.92	17.57
Architecture codename	Arrandale (2010−2011)	Ice Lake-Y (2020)
Release date	7 January 2010 (14 years ago)	1 October 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$225	$161

Detailed specifications

Core i5-520M and Pentium 6805 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	2.4 GHz	1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.93 GHz	3 GHz
Bus type	DMI 1.0	no data
Bus rate	1 × 2.5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	18	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	3 MB	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	10 nm
Die size	81+114 mm²	123 mm²
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	382+177 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-520M and Pentium 6805 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	BGA1288,PGA988	FCBGA1526
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-520M and Pentium 6805. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	-	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	+	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
PAE	36 Bit	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data

Security technologies

Core i5-520M and Pentium 6805 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	-
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	no data	+
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-520M and Pentium 6805 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-520M and Pentium 6805. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-800, DDR3-1066	DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-3733
Maximum memory size	8.3 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	17.051 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® Processors	Intel® UHD Graphics for 10th Gen Intel® Processors
Clear Video	+	no data
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	766 MHz	850 MHz
Execution Units	no data	32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-520M and Pentium 6805 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-520M and Pentium 6805.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	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.

i5-520M 1.12

Pentium 6805 2.89
+158%

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.

i5-520M 1716

Pentium 6805 4424
+158%

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.

i5-520M 364

Pentium 6805 1194
+228%

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.

i5-520M 700

Pentium 6805 2168
+210%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.12	2.89
Recency	7 January 2010	1 October 2020
Chip lithography	32 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt

Pentium 6805 has a 158% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 220% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.

The Pentium 6805 is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i5-520M in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core i5-520M and Pentium 6805, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.