Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS vs Pentium Gold 8505

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold 8505 and Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1029	312
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	9.52
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Architecture codename	no data	Hawk Point
Release date	1 January 2022 (2 years ago)	16 April 2024 (less than a year ago)
Current price	no data	$1560

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 8505 and Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS 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	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	6	16
Base clock speed	no data	3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.4 GHz	5.1 GHz
L1 cache	no data	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	no data	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB Intel® Smart Cache	16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	Intel 7 nm	4 nm
Die size	no data	178 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	25,000 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 8505 and Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS 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	FCBGA1744	FP7
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 8505 and Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	no data
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 8505 and Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS 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 8505 and Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS 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 8505 and Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, 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 780M
Quick Sync Video	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	1.1 GHz	no data
Execution Units	48	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 8505 and Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

4

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Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 8505 and Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS 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 8505 and Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS 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 8505 and Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS.

PCIe version	no data	4.0
PCI Express lanes	20	20

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS outperforms Pentium Gold 8505 by 200% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	6.03	18.12
Recency	1 January 2022	16 April 2024
Threads	6	16

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