Intel Core i3-N305 vs Intel Pentium Gold 8505. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Family
  Intel Core i3 Intel Pentium
• CPU group
  Intel Core i N300 Intel Pentium Gold 8000
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  13 12
• Predecessor
  -- Intel Pentium Gold 7505

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  8 / 8 5 / 6
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 770 Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (48 EU)
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz 0.20 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.30 GHz 1.10 GHz
• Execution units
  32 48
• Shader
  256 384
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 64 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  11 12
• Direct X
  12 12
• Technology
  10 nm 10 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2021 Q2/2020

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode Decode
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Pentium Gold 8505 and Intel Core i3-N305. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR5-5600 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2 (Dual Channel)
• Bandwidth
  89.6 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
• ECC
  Yes No
• PCIe
  4.0 x 16 4.0 x 20
• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-N305 and Intel Pentium Gold 8505 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL2)
  -- 55 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-N305 and Intel Core i3-N305, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Technology
  10 nm 10 nm
• Chip design
  Monolithic Monolithic
• Socket
  BGA BGA 1744
• L2-Cache
  2.00 MB 3.25 MB
• L3-Cache
  6.00 MB 8.00 MB
• Architecture
  Alder Lake N Alder Lake U
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• Release date
  Q4/2022 Q1/2022
• Release price
  -- 193 $
• Documents
  -- Technical data sheet