Intel Pentium Gold 8505 vs Intel Xeon E5-2658 v2

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium Gold 8505 and Intel Xeon E5-2658 v2 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.

Intel Pentium Gold 8505

Intel Xeon E5-2658 v2

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Gold 8505

Around 47% higher clock speed: 4.40 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Around 15% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 87°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 22 nm
6.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 95 Watt
2.2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3300 vs 1529

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	4.40 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Maximum core temperature	100°C vs 87°C
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	3300 vs 1529

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2658 v2

5 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 5
14 more threads: 20 vs 6
12x more maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 64 GB
Around 95% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 18250 vs 9379

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	10 vs 5
Number of threads	20 vs 6
Maximum memory size	768 GB vs 64 GB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	18250 vs 9379

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium Gold 8505
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2658 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3300

1529

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

9379

18250

Name	Intel Pentium Gold 8505	Intel Xeon E5-2658 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark	3300	1529
PassMark - CPU mark	9379	18250
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2846
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		19410

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Pentium Gold 8505	Intel Xeon E5-2658 v2
Essentials
Architecture codename	Alder Lake	Ivy Bridge EP
Launch date	23 Feb 2022	Q3'13
Launch price (MSRP)	$193
Place in performance rating	494	502
Processor Number	8505	E5-2658V2
Series	Intel Pentium Gold Processor Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family
Vertical segment	Mobile	Embedded
Status		Launched
Performance
64 bit support
L1 cache	400 KB
L2 cache	6.25 KB
L3 cache	8 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	100°C	87°C
Maximum frequency	4.40 GHz	3.00 GHz
Number of cores	5	10
Number of threads	6	20
Base frequency		2.40 GHz
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.65–1.30V
Memory
Max memory channels	2	4
Maximum memory size	64 GB	768 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	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1866
Maximum memory bandwidth		59.7 GB/s
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
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported	4
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
OpenGL	4.6
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Package Size	50 x 25	52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported	FCBGA1744	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	20	40
PCI Express revision		3.0
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Scalability		2S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Secure Boot
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Instruction set extensions	Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2	Intel® AVX
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		46-bit
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)