Pentium 8505 vs Ryzen 7 PRO 3700

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 and Pentium 8505 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking444not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.47no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7Intel Alder Lake-M
Architecture codenameMatisse (2019−2020)Alder Lake-U (2022)
Release date30 September 2019 (4 years ago)23 February 2022 (2 years ago)
Current price$1550 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 and Pentium 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)5 (Penta-Core)
Threads166
Base clock speed3.6 GHz1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz4.4 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache32 MB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size74 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)95 °Cno data
Number of transistors3,800 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 and Pentium 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketAM4Intel BGA 1744
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 and Pentium 8505. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSXno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Statusno dataLaunched

Security technologies

Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 and Pentium 8505 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 and Pentium 8505 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 and Pentium 8505. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-3200DDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory size128 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/sno data
ECC memory support--

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/AIntel® UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Videono data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.1 GHz
Execution Unitsno data48

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 and Pentium 8505 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 and Pentium 8505 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 and Pentium 8505 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 and Pentium 8505.

PCIe version4.04.0
PCI Express lanes2420

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 September 2019 23 February 2022
Physical cores 8 5
Threads 16 6
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

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Note that Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 is a desktop processor while Pentium 8505 is a notebook one.


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