Pentium Gold G6505T: specs and benchmarks

VS

Aggregated performance score

Pentium Gold G6505T
2021
2 cores / 4 threads
2.39

It provides poor benchmark performance at 2.39% of a leader's which is Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WXRyzen ThreadripperPRO 7995WX
Compare

Summary

Intel started Pentium Gold G6505T sales 16 March 2021. This is a Comet Lake-R architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 2 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3.6 and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA1200 processor with a TDP of 35 Watt and a maximum temperature of 72 °C. It supports DDR4-2666 memory.

General info

Pentium Gold G6505T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance ranking1668
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processor
Architecture codenameComet Lake-R (2021)
Release date16 March 2021 (3 years ago)

Technical specs

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)
Threads4
Base clock speed3.6 GHzof 4.7 (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed3.6 GHzof 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache64K (per core)of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache256K (per core)of 98304 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)of 768 (EPYC 7373X)
Chip lithography14 nmof 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Maximum core temperature100 °Cof 110 (Atom x7-E3950)
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cof 105 (Core i7-5950HQ)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility+
Unlocked multiplierNo

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold G6505T compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 configuration1of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketFCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)35 Wattof 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold G6505T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI+
AVX+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Turbo Boost Technology-
Hyper-Threading Technology+
TSX-
Idle States+
Thermal Monitoring+
SIPP-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-
StatusLaunched

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+
EDB+
Secure Key+
Identity Protection+
SGXYes with Intel® ME
OS Guard+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d+
VT-x+
EPT+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Pentium Gold G6505T's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666
Maximum memory size128 GBof 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3)
Max memory channels2of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth41.6 GB/sof 460.8 (EPYC 9124)

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Pentium Gold G6505T.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 630
Max video memory64 GB
Quick Sync Video+
Clear Video+
Clear Video HD+
Graphics max frequency1.05 GHz
InTru 3D+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold G6505T's integrated GPU.

Number of displays supported3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold G6505T's integrated GPU, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold G6505T's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12
OpenGL4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version3.0of 5 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes16of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Pentium Gold G6505T. Overall benchmark performance 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 G6505T 2.39

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Pentium Gold G6505T 3698

Gaming performance

Relative performance

Overall Pentium Gold G6505T performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop CPUs.


PRO A12-9800 100.42
Pentium Gold G6505T 100
FX-6100 99.58
Core i5-2320 99.16

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Pentium Gold G6505T is FX-6100, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 1 position in our ranking.

FX-6100FX6100
Compare

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Pentium Gold G6505T:

Athlon X4 845 102.93
PRO A10-8850B 101.67
PRO A12-9800 100.42
Pentium Gold G6505T 100
FX-6100 99.58
PRO A10-9700 98.74

Similar processors

Here is our recommendation of several processors that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.

Pentium Gold G5420Pentium GoldG5420
Compare
Pentium Gold G5400Pentium GoldG5400
Compare
Pentium Gold G6405TPentium GoldG6405T
Compare
Core i7Corei7
Compare

Recommended GPUs

People consider these graphics cards to be good for Pentium Gold G6505T, according to our PC configuration statistics.

These are the fastest graphics cards for Pentium Gold G6505T in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 6 configurations based on Pentium Gold G6505T in our database.

User Ratings

Here is the rating given to the reviewed processor by our users. Let others know your opinion by rating it yourself.


3 2 votes

Rate Pentium Gold G6505T on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions and comments

Here you can ask a question about Pentium Gold G6505T, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.