Intel Pentium Gold 7505 vs AMD RX-418GD

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium Gold 7505 and AMD RX-418GD processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Peripherals. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel Pentium Gold 7505

AMD RX-418GD

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Gold 7505

CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 11 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm SuperFin vs 28 nm
Around 25% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Launch date	17 Oct 2020 vs 21 October 2015
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm SuperFin vs 28 nm
L2 cache	2.5 MB vs 2 MB

Reasons to consider the AMD RX-418GD

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
Around 91329% higher clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 3.50 GHz
2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	4 vs 2
Maximum frequency	3200 MHz vs 3.50 GHz
L1 cache	320 KB vs 160 KB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium Gold 7505
CPU 2: AMD RX-418GD

Name	Intel Pentium Gold 7505	AMD RX-418GD
PassMark - Single thread mark	2266
PassMark - CPU mark	5208
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1050
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1050
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1543
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1543
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		4536
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		4536

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Pentium Gold 7505	AMD RX-418GD
Essentials
Architecture codename	Tiger Lake	Merlin Falcon
Launch date	17 Oct 2020	21 October 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$161
Place in performance rating	1028	1148
Processor Number	7505
Series	Intel Pentium Gold Processor Series
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Mobile	Embedded
Family		AMD R-Series
Price now		RX-418GD
Performance
64 bit support
Bus Speed	4 GT/s
L1 cache	160 KB	320 KB
L2 cache	2.5 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm SuperFin	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	100°C
Maximum frequency	3.50 GHz	3200 MHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of threads	4	4
Base frequency		1800 MHz
Die size		1073 mm2
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory size	64 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200, LPDDR4x-3733	DDR3-2133, DDR4-2400
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth		38.4 GB/s
Graphics
Device ID	0x9A78
Execution Units	48
Graphics max dynamic frequency	1.25 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics	Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel Processors	Radeon R6 series
Graphics base frequency		800 MHz
Number of pipelines		384
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported	4	3
DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Graphics image quality
Max resolution over DisplayPort	7680x4320@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP	4096x2304@60Hz
Graphics API support
DirectX	12.1	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Compatibility
Configurable TDP-up	15 Watt
Configurable TDP-up Frequency	2.00 GHz
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Package Size	46.5x25	micro-BGA
Sockets supported	FCBGA1449	BGA (FP4)
Configurable TDP		12-35 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		35 Watt
Security & Reliability
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Secure Boot
Advanced Technologies
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Peripherals
PCI Express revision		3.0
UART
USB revision		3.0