Pentium Gold 7505 vs i7-8850H

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Aggregate performance score

Core i7-8850H
2018
6 cores / 12 threads, 45 Watt
6.42
+96.3%
Pentium Gold 7505
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
3.27

Core i7-8850H outperforms Pentium Gold 7505 by an impressive 96% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i7-8850H and Pentium Gold 7505 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking10621596
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i7Intel Tiger Lake
Power efficiency13.5020.63
Architecture codenameCoffee Lake-H (2018−2019)Tiger Lake-U (2020)
Release date2 April 2018 (6 years ago)17 October 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$395no data

Detailed specifications

Core i7-8850H 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads124
Base clock speed2.6 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed4.3 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s4 GT/s
Multiplier26no data
L1 cache64K (per core)160 KB
L2 cache256K (per core)2.5 MB
L3 cache12 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm SuperFin
Die size149 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-8850H 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketFCBGA1440FCBGA1449
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-8850H and Pentium Gold 7505. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
My WiFi+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX+-
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access+no data
SIPP+-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Core i7-8850H and Pentium Gold 7505 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
Identity Protection+-
SGXYes with Intel® ME-
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-8850H and Pentium Gold 7505 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-8850H and Pentium Gold 7505. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel UHD Graphics 630Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel Processors
Max video memory64 GBno data
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD++
Graphics max frequency1.15 GHz1.25 GHz
Execution Unitsno data48
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i7-8850H and Pentium Gold 7505 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported34
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
DVI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i7-8850H and Pentium Gold 7505 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2304@30Hz4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP4096 x 2304@60Hz4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096 x 2304@60Hz7680x4320@60Hz
Max resolution over VGAN/Ano data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i7-8850H and Pentium Gold 7505 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX1212.1
OpenGL4.54.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-8850H and Pentium Gold 7505.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes16no 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.

i7-8850H 6.42
+96.3%
Pentium Gold 7505 3.27

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.

i7-8850H 10194
+96.2%
Pentium Gold 7505 5195

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.

i7-8850H 1340
Pentium Gold 7505 1355
+1.1%

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.

i7-8850H 4645
+77.8%
Pentium Gold 7505 2612

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

i7-8850H 6766
Pentium Gold 7505 6773
+0.1%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

i7-8850H 34217
+143%
Pentium Gold 7505 14093

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

i7-8850H 10516
+115%
Pentium Gold 7505 4890

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

i7-8850H 14
+209%
Pentium Gold 7505 4

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

i7-8850H 1090
+173%
Pentium Gold 7505 400

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

i7-8850H 182
+10%
Pentium Gold 7505 165

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

i7-8850H 2.04
+5.7%
Pentium Gold 7505 1.93

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

i7-8850H 7.4
+208%
Pentium Gold 7505 2.4

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

i7-8850H 5922
+135%
Pentium Gold 7505 2522

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

i7-8850H 71
+187%
Pentium Gold 7505 25

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

i7-8850H 216
+64.8%
Pentium Gold 7505 131

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

i7-8850H 4908
+111%
Pentium Gold 7505 2326

Blender(-)

i7-8850H 490
Pentium Gold 7505 1150
+135%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

i7-8850H 1121
Pentium Gold 7505 1129
+0.7%

7-Zip Single

i7-8850H 4689
+15.4%
Pentium Gold 7505 4062

7-Zip

i7-8850H 30851
+187%
Pentium Gold 7505 10756

WebXPRT 3

i7-8850H 194
+5.2%
Pentium Gold 7505 184

CrossMark Overall

i7-8850H 830
Pentium Gold 7505 878
+5.7%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.42 3.27
Integrated graphics card 3.09 5.58
Recency 2 April 2018 17 October 2020
Physical cores 6 2
Threads 12 4
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 15 Watt

i7-8850H has a 96.3% higher aggregate performance score, and 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

Pentium Gold 7505, on the other hand, has 80.6% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 2 years, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.

The Core i7-8850H is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold 7505 in performance tests.


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