Pentium Gold 8505 vs Threadripper PRO 7995WX

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Primary details

Comparing Threadripper PRO 7995WX and Pentium Gold 8505 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1102
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Power efficiencyno data10.10
Architecture codenameStorm Peak (2023)no data
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)1 January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Threadripper PRO 7995WX 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 cores96no data
Threads1926
Base clock speed3.2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed5.1 GHz4.4 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache1 MB (per core)no data
L3 cache384 MB (shared)8 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Chip lithography5 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size12x 71 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors78,840 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Threadripper PRO 7995WX 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 configuration11
SocketSP5FCBGA1744
Power consumption (TDP)350 Watt55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Threadripper PRO 7995WX and Pentium Gold 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+-
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Precision Boost 2+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Threadripper PRO 7995WX and Pentium Gold 8505 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Threadripper PRO 7995WX and Pentium Gold 8505 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Threadripper PRO 7995WX and Pentium Gold 8505. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.1 GHz
Execution Unitsno data48

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Threadripper PRO 7995WX and Pentium Gold 8505 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Threadripper PRO 7995WX and Pentium Gold 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 Threadripper PRO 7995WX and Pentium Gold 8505 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Threadripper PRO 7995WX and Pentium Gold 8505.

PCIe version5.0no data
PCI Express lanesno data20

Pros & cons summary


Threads 192 6
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 55 Watt

Threadripper PRO 7995WX has 3100% more threads.

Pentium Gold 8505, on the other hand, has 536.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Threadripper PRO 7995WX and Pentium Gold 8505. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Threadripper PRO 7995WX is a desktop processor while Pentium Gold 8505 is a notebook one.


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