Intel Pentium 8505 vs Intel Core i3-3217U. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Pentium 8000 Intel Core i 3000U
• Family
  Intel Pentium Intel Core i3
• Generation
  12 3
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  1x Golden Cove -
• B-Core
  4x Gracemont -
• Base Frequency
  1.2 GHz 1.8 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• CPU Cores
  5 2
• CPU Threads
  6 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.4 GHz No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (5 Cores)
  1.6 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - No turbo

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

• DirectX Version
  12 11.0
• Execution units
  48 16
• Generation
  12 7
• GPU Frequency
  200 MHz 350 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (48 EU) Intel HD Graphics 4000
• GPU Turbo
  1100 MHz 1100 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB -
• Release date
  Q2/2020 Q1/2011
• Shader
  384 128
• Technology
  10 nm 22 nm

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

• AV1
  Decode No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-3217U and Intel Pentium 8505. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 32 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200 DDR3-1333DDR3-1600DDR3L-1333 SO-DIMMDDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM
• PCIe
  4.0 x 28 -
• PCIe lanes
  - 16
• PCIe version
  - 2.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Pentium 8505 and Intel Core i3-3217U Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C 105 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 17 W
• TDP (PL2)
  55 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Pentium 8505 and Intel Core i3-3217U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Alder Lake U Ivy Bridge U
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L2-Cache
  3.25 MB -
• L3-Cache
  8 MB 3 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q2/2012
• Socket
  BGA 1744 BGA 1023
• Technology
  10 nm 22 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d