Pentium Gold 8505 vs Ryzen 5 5600G

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 5600G and Pentium Gold 8505 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	623	1123
Place by popularity	13	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	29.31	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	no data
Power efficiency	18.21	10.05
Architecture codename	Cezanne (2021−2024)	no data
Release date	13 April 2021 (3 years ago)	1 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$259	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 5600G and Pentium Gold 8505 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	5 (Penta-Core)
Performance-cores	no data	1
Efficient-cores	no data	4
Threads	12	6
Base clock speed	3.9 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	4.4 GHz	4.4 GHz
Multiplier	39	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	512K (per core)	no data
L3 cache	16 MB	8 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Chip lithography	7 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	AM4 (1331) mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	95 °C	no data
Number of transistors	10,700 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 5600G and Pentium Gold 8505 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	AM4	FCBGA1744
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 5600G and Pentium Gold 8505. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-
Speed Shift	no data	+
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 5600G and Pentium Gold 8505 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 Ryzen 5 5600G and Pentium Gold 8505 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 5600G and Pentium Gold 8505. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
Maximum memory size	no data	64 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.196 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 ( - 1900 MHz)	Intel UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel Processors
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	1.1 GHz
Execution Units	no data	48

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 5600G and Pentium Gold 8505 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

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4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 5 5600G and Pentium Gold 8505 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

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

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 5 5600G and Pentium Gold 8505 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	12.1
OpenGL	no data	4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 5600G and Pentium Gold 8505.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	no data	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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	12.51	5.84
Integrated graphics card	7.47	5.58
Recency	13 April 2021	1 January 2022
Physical cores	6	5
Threads	12	6
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	55 Watt

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