Ryzen 5 7520U vs Pentium Gold 8500

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold 8500 and Ryzen 5 7520U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	1034
Place by popularity	not in top-100	9
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	no data	Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Architecture codename	no data	Mendocino-U (Zen 2)
Release date	1 January 2022 (2 years ago)	20 September 2022 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 8500 and Ryzen 5 7520U 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	no data	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	6	8
Base clock speed	no data	2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.4 GHz	4.3 GHz
L1 cache	no data	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	no data	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB Intel® Smart Cache	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	Intel 7 nm	6 nm
Die size	no data	100 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 8500 and Ryzen 5 7520U 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	FCBGA1781	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Ryzen 5 7520U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	LPDDR5-5500 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	no data	+
Speed Shift	+	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Status	Launched	no data

Security technologies

Pentium Gold 8500 and Ryzen 5 7520U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Ryzen 5 7520U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
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 8500 and Ryzen 5 7520U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267	DDR5
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
ECC memory support	-	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel® Processors	AMD Radeon 610M
Quick Sync Video	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz	no data
Execution Units	48	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 8500 and Ryzen 5 7520U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

4

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Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Ryzen 5 7520U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

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

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Ryzen 5 7520U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Ryzen 5 7520U.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	14	4

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 January 2022	20 September 2022
Threads	6	8

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