Intel Pentium Gold 8505 vs AMD A8 PRO-7600B

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium Gold 8505 and AMD A8 PRO-7600B processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

Intel Pentium Gold 8505

AMD A8 PRO-7600B

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Gold 8505

1 more cores, run more applications at once: 5 vs 4
2 more threads: 6 vs 4
Around 16% higher clock speed: 4.40 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
Around 40% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 71.30°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 28 nm
4.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 65 Watt
2.4x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3255 vs 1384
3.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9255 vs 2956

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	5 vs 4
Number of threads	6 vs 4
Maximum frequency	4.40 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
Maximum core temperature	100°C vs 71.30°C
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	3255 vs 1384
PassMark - CPU mark	9255 vs 2956

Reasons to consider the AMD A8 PRO-7600B

699050.7x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

L2 cache	4 MB vs 6.25 KB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium Gold 8505
CPU 2: AMD A8 PRO-7600B

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3255

1384

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

9255

2956

Name	Intel Pentium Gold 8505	AMD A8 PRO-7600B
PassMark - Single thread mark	3255	1384
PassMark - CPU mark	9255	2956
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		453
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1201
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		12.833
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		217.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.134
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		22.385
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		61.484

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Pentium Gold 8505	AMD A8 PRO-7600B
Essentials
Architecture codename	Alder Lake
Launch date	23 Feb 2022
Launch price (MSRP)	$193
Place in performance rating	597	1385
Processor Number	8505
Series	Intel Pentium Gold Processor Series	AMD PRO A-Series A8 APU for Desktops
Vertical segment	Mobile	Desktop
Family		AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray		AD760BYBI44JA
Performance
64 bit support
L1 cache	400 KB
L2 cache	6.25 KB	4 MB
L3 cache	8 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	100°C	71.30°C
Maximum frequency	4.40 GHz	3.8 GHz
Number of cores	5	4
Number of threads	6	4
Base frequency		3.1 GHz
Compute Cores		10
Number of GPU cores		6
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory size	64 GB
Supported memory types	Up to DDR5 4800 MT/s Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s Up to LPDDR5 5200 MT/s Up to LPDDR4x 4267 MT/s
Supported memory frequency		2133 MHz
Graphics
Device ID	0x46B3
Execution Units	48
Graphics max dynamic frequency	1.10 GHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics	Intel UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel Processors	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
Graphics max frequency		720 MHz
iGPU core count		384
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported	4
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics image quality
Max resolution over DisplayPort	7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP	4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Graphics API support
DirectX	12.1	12
OpenGL	4.6
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Package Size	50 x 25
Sockets supported	FCBGA1744	FM2+
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt
Configurable TDP		35 Watt/65 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	20
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Secure Boot
Advanced Technologies
Instruction set extensions	Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
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™)
IOMMU 2.0