i5-10500H vs Pentium Gold 7505

Aggregate performance score

Pentium Gold 7505
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
3.27
Core i5-10500H
2020
6 cores / 12 threads, 45 Watt
7.07
+116%

Core i5-10500H outperforms Pentium Gold 7505 by a whopping 116% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold 7505 and Core i5-10500H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1587995
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Tiger Lakeno data
Power efficiency20.6314.87
Architecture codenameTiger Lake-U (2020)Comet Lake-H (2020)
Release date17 October 2020 (4 years ago)2 April 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 7505 and Core i5-10500H 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads412
Base clock speed2 GHz2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz4.5 GHz
Bus rate4 GT/s8 GT/s
L1 cache160 KB384 KB
L2 cache2.5 MB153 KB
L3 cache4 MB12 MB
Chip lithography10 nm SuperFin14 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 7505 and Core i5-10500H 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
SocketFCBGA1449FCBGA1440
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 7505 and Core i5-10500H. 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++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology++
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Pentium Gold 7505 and Core i5-10500H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
SGX-Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 7505 and Core i5-10500H are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold 7505 and Core i5-10500H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB128 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data45.8 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel ProcessorsIntel UHD Graphics for 10th Gen Intel Processors
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.25 GHz1.05 GHz
Execution Units48no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 7505 and Core i5-10500H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported43
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
DVIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 7505 and Core i5-10500H integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@60Hz4096 x 2304@30Hz
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hz4096 x 2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort7680x4320@60Hz4096 x 2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold 7505 and Core i5-10500H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12.112
OpenGL4.64.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold 7505 and Core i5-10500H.

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
i5-10500H 7.07
+116%

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
i5-10500H 11235
+116%

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
i5-10500H 1453
+6.7%

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
i5-10500H 5056
+92.6%

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.

Pentium Gold 7505 6773
i5-10500H 7109
+5%

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.

Pentium Gold 7505 14093
i5-10500H 37125
+163%

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.

Pentium Gold 7505 4890
i5-10500H 11157
+128%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Pentium Gold 7505 14.48
i5-10500H 9.13
+58.6%

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.

Pentium Gold 7505 4
i5-10500H 14
+209%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Pentium Gold 7505 400
i5-10500H 1249
+212%

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.

Pentium Gold 7505 165
i5-10500H 186
+12.9%

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.

Pentium Gold 7505 1.93
i5-10500H 2.1
+8.8%

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.

Pentium Gold 7505 2.4
i5-10500H 4.1
+70.8%

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.  

Pentium Gold 7505 25
i5-10500H 78
+212%

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.  

Pentium Gold 7505 131
i5-10500H 228
+73.5%

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.

Pentium Gold 7505 2522
i5-10500H 6194
+146%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Pentium Gold 7505 2326
i5-10500H 6332
+172%

Blender(-)

Pentium Gold 7505 1150
+198%
i5-10500H 386

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Pentium Gold 7505 1129
i5-10500H 1206
+6.8%

7-Zip Single

Pentium Gold 7505 4062
i5-10500H 4886
+20.3%

7-Zip

Pentium Gold 7505 10756
i5-10500H 33445
+211%

WebXPRT 3

Pentium Gold 7505 184
i5-10500H 224
+21.2%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.27 7.07
Recency 17 October 2020 2 April 2020
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 4 12
Chip lithography 10 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 45 Watt

Pentium Gold 7505 has an age advantage of 6 months, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.

i5-10500H, on the other hand, has a 116.2% higher aggregate performance score, and 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

The Core i5-10500H is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold 7505 in performance tests.


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