7 150U vs Pentium Gold 8505

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Gold 8505
2022
5 cores / 6 threads, 55 Watt
5.84
Core 7 150U
2024
10 cores / 12 threads, 15 Watt
9.93
+70%

Core 7 150U outperforms Pentium Gold 8505 by an impressive 70% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold 8505 and Core 7 150U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1122779
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Seriesno dataRaptor Lake-U
Power efficiency10.0462.61
Architecture codenameno dataRaptor Lake-U Refresh (2024)
Release date1 January 2022 (2 years ago)8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 8505 and Core 7 150U 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 cores5 (Penta-Core)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads612
Base clock speedno data1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz5.4 GHz
Bus rateno data55 MHz
L1 cacheno data80 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB Intel® Smart Cache12 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 8505 and Core 7 150U 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
SocketFCBGA1744FCBGA1744
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 8505 and Core 7 150U. 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++
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shift++
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access++
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Pentium Gold 8505 and Core 7 150U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDB++
Secure Key++
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 8505 and Core 7 150U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold 8505 and Core 7 150U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267DDR5-5200, DDR4-3200, LPDDR4x-4267
Maximum memory size64 GB96 GB
Max memory channels22

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel ProcessorsIntel® Graphics
Quick Sync Video++
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHz1.3 GHz
Execution Units4896

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 8505 and Core 7 150U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported44

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 8505 and Core 7 150U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2304 @ 60Hz4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold 8505 and Core 7 150U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12.112.1
OpenGL4.64.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold 8505 and Core 7 150U.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanes208

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 8505 5.84
7 150U 9.93
+70%

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 8505 9275
7 150U 15780
+70.1%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.84 9.93
Recency 1 January 2022 8 January 2024
Physical cores 5 10
Threads 6 12
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 15 Watt

7 150U has a 70% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 266.7% lower power consumption.

The Core 7 150U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold 8505 in performance tests.


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