Intel Pentium Gold G6505
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Intel Pentium Gold G6505 vs Intel Core i5-7640X. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q1/2021
Intel Pentium Gold G6505
Intel Pentium Gold G6505
Released
Q2/2017
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Intel Core i5-7640X
Intel Core i5-7640X

What's the best choice Intel Pentium Gold G6505 or Intel Core i5-7640X? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Intel Pentium Gold G6505 has a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. 2 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q1/2021.

Intel Core i5-7640X has a maximum frequency of 4.00 GHz. 4 Cores. Power consumption of 112 W. Released in Q2/2017.

Differences

  • Higher clock speed

    Around 5% better clock speed

    4.20 GHz left arrow 4.00 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    65 W left arrow 112 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Pentium Gold G6505 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    861 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    505 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    About 2 times more cores

    4 left arrow 2

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i5-7640X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    217 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    410 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    394 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    657 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    39 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    57 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    259 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    7 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    258 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    585 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Pentium Gold G6505 Intel Pentium Gold G6505
Intel Core i5-7640X Intel Core i5-7640X
CPU family and group

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

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    Intel Pentium left arrow Intel Core i5
  • Generation
    10 left arrow 7
  • CPU group
    Intel Pentium G6000 left arrow Intel Core i 7000X
CPU Technical specs

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.

  • Frequency
    4.20 GHz left arrow 4.00 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    2 left arrow 4
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    No turbo left arrow 4.20 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    4 left arrow 8
  • Hyperthreading
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
IGPU

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 HD Graphics 630 left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU frequency
    0.35 GHz left arrow
  • GPU (Turbo)
    1.10 GHz left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    24 left arrow
  • Shader
    192 left arrow
  • Max. GPU Memory
    64 GB left arrow --
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow
  • Generation
    9.5 left arrow
  • DirectX Version
    12 left arrow
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow
  • Release date
    Q2/2016 left arrow
Hardware codec support

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

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow No
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-7640X and Intel Pentium Gold G6505. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-2666 left arrow DDR4-2666
  • Max. Memory
    128 GB left arrow
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 3.0
  • PCIe lanes
    16 left arrow 16
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Pentium Gold G6505 and Intel Core i5-7640X to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    65 W left arrow 112 W
  • Tjunction max.
    100 °C left arrow --
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Pentium Gold G6505 and Intel Pentium Gold G6505, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
  • L3-Cache
    4.00 MB left arrow 6.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Comet Lake S left arrow Skylake X
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Socket
    LGA 1200 left arrow LGA 2066
  • Release date
    Q1/2021 left arrow Q2/2017

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Pentium Gold G6505 and Intel Core i5-7640X.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

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