Ultra 7 265 vs Pentium Gold 8505

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold 8505 and Core Ultra 7 265 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1122not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Power efficiency10.04no data
Architecture codenameno dataArrow Lake-S (2024−2025)
Release date1 January 2022 (2 years ago)January 2025

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 8505 and Core Ultra 7 265 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)20 (Icosa-Core)
Performance-cores1no data
Efficient-cores4no data
Threads620
Base clock speedno data2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz5.3 GHz
L1 cacheno data112 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data3 MB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB Intel® Smart Cache30 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nm3 nm
Die sizeno data243 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data17,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 8505 and Core Ultra 7 265 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
SocketFCBGA17441851
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 8505 and Core Ultra 7 265. 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++
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shift+no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX-+
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Pentium Gold 8505 and Core Ultra 7 265 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 8505 and Core Ultra 7 265 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold 8505 and Core Ultra 7 265. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267DDR5
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel ProcessorsArc Xe2 Graphics 64EU
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHzno data
Execution Units48no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 8505 and Core Ultra 7 265 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported4no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 8505 and Core Ultra 7 265 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2304 @ 60Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096 x 2304 @ 120Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort7680 x 4320 @ 60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold 8505 and Core Ultra 7 265 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold 8505 and Core Ultra 7 265.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanes2020

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 5 20
Threads 6 20
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 65 Watt

Pentium Gold 8505 has 18.2% lower power consumption.

Ultra 7 265, on the other hand, has 300% more physical cores and 233.3% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Pentium Gold 8505 and Core Ultra 7 265. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pentium Gold 8505 is a notebook processor while Core Ultra 7 265 is a desktop one.


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