Athlon X4 870K vs Pentium Gold 7505

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Gold 7505
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
3.27
+52.1%
Athlon X4 870K
2015
4 cores / 4 threads, 95 Watt
2.15

Pentium Gold 7505 outperforms Athlon X4 870K by an impressive 52% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold 7505 and Athlon X4 870K processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking15851849
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Tiger Lakeno data
Power efficiency20.632.14
Architecture codenameTiger Lake-U (2020)Godaveri (2014−2016)
Release date17 October 2020 (4 years ago)December 2015 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 7505 and Athlon X4 870K 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 cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed2 GHz3.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz4.1 GHz
Bus rate4 GT/sno data
L1 cache160 KB256K
L2 cache2.5 MB4 MB
L3 cache4 MBno data
Chip lithography10 nm SuperFin28 nm
Die sizeno data245 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistorsno data2,411 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 7505 and Athlon X4 870K 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 configuration11
SocketFCBGA1449FM2+
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 7505 and Athlon X4 870K. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2no data
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Pentium Gold 7505 and Athlon X4 870K 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 Pentium Gold 7505 and Athlon X4 870K 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 Pentium Gold 7505 and Athlon X4 870K. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR3-2133
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel® Processorsno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.25 GHzno data
Execution Units48no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 7505 and Athlon X4 870K integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported4no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 7505 and Athlon X4 870K integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort7680x4320@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold 7505 and Athlon X4 870K integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold 7505 and Athlon X4 870K.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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 3.27
+52.1%
Athlon X4 870K 2.15

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.

Pentium Gold 7505 5195
+52.3%
Athlon X4 870K 3410

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.

Pentium Gold 7505 1362
+193%
Athlon X4 870K 465

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.

Pentium Gold 7505 2625
+119%
Athlon X4 870K 1199

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.27 2.15
Physical cores 2 4
Chip lithography 10 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 95 Watt

Pentium Gold 7505 has a 52.1% higher aggregate performance score, a 180% more advanced lithography process, and 533.3% lower power consumption.

Athlon X4 870K, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores.

The Pentium Gold 7505 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon X4 870K in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium Gold 7505 is a notebook processor while Athlon X4 870K is a desktop one.


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