Pentium Gold 8505 vs Xeon D-1846

Primary details

Comparing Xeon D-1846 and Pentium Gold 8505 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1100
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Power efficiencyno data10.10
Release date1 October 2023 (1 year ago)1 January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon D-1846 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 cores10 (Deca-Core)no data
Threads206
Base clock speed2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.1 GHz4.4 GHz
L3 cache15360 KB8 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Chip lithographyno dataIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon D-1846 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 configurationno data1
SocketFCBGA2227FCBGA1744
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon D-1846 and Pentium Gold 8505. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
QuickAssist-no data
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Xeon D-1846 and Pentium Gold 8505 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
SGXYes with Intel® SPSno data
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon D-1846 and Pentium Gold 8505 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon D-1846 and Pentium Gold 8505. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
Maximum memory size256 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
ECC memory support+-

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 Xeon D-1846 and Pentium Gold 8505 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon D-1846 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 Xeon D-1846 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 Xeon D-1846 and Pentium Gold 8505.

PCIe version4.0no data
PCI Express lanes1620
USB revision3.0no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports24no data
Number of USB ports4no data
Integrated LAN-no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2023 1 January 2022
Threads 20 6

Xeon D-1846 has an age advantage of 1 year, and 233.3% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Xeon D-1846 and Pentium Gold 8505. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon D-1846 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium Gold 8505 is a notebook one.


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