AMD Athlon II X2 250u vs Intel Pentium Gold 8505

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AMD Athlon II X2 250u CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium Gold 8505
AMD Athlon II X2 250u Intel Pentium Gold 8505

CPU comparison

AMD Athlon II X2 250u or Intel Pentium Gold 8505 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD Athlon II X2 250u has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.60 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon II X2 250u was released in Q3/2009.

The Intel Pentium Gold 8505 has 5 cores with 6 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold 8505 was released in Q1/2022.
AMD Athlon II (52) Family Intel Pentium (150)
AMD Athlon II X2 (Propus) (18) CPU group Intel Pentium Gold 8000 (2)
1 Generation 12
Propus Architecture Alder Lake U
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor Intel Pentium Gold 7505
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Athlon II X2 250u is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.60 GHz. The Intel Pentium Gold 8505 has 5 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.20 GHz (4.40 GHz).
AMD Athlon II X2 250u Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold 8505
2 Cores 5
2 Threads 6
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.60 GHz A-Core 1.20 GHz (4.40 GHz)
1x Golden Cove
-- B-Core 0.90 GHz (3.30 GHz)
4x Gracemont

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD Athlon II X2 250u Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold 8505
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
no iGPU GPU Intel UHD Graphics 12th Gen (48 EU)
GPU frequency 0.20 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.10 GHz
-- GPU Generation 12
Technology 10 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 48
-- Shader 384
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 64 GB
-- DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
no iGPU GPU Intel UHD Graphics 12th Gen (48 EU)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 Decode
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Athlon II X2 250u supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold 8505 can connect up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
AMD Athlon II X2 250u Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold 8505
DDR3-1333 Memory LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4X-4266, DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
16 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
21.3 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 83.2 GB/s
No ECC No
2.00 MB L2 Cache 3.25 MB
-- L3 Cache 8.00 MB
2.0 PCIe version 4.0
-- PCIe lanes 20
-- PCIe Bandwidth 39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Athlon II X2 250u has a TDP of 25 W, that of the Intel Pentium Gold 8505 is 15 W.
AMD Athlon II X2 250u Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold 8505
25 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) 55 W
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The AMD Athlon II X2 250u has a 2.00 MB cache, while the Intel Pentium Gold 8505 cache has a total of 11.25 MB.
AMD Athlon II X2 250u Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold 8505
45 nm Technology 10 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
AM3 Socket BGA 1744
AMD-V Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems
Q3/2009 Release date Q1/2022
-- Release price 193 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon II X2 250u (14%)
Intel Pentium Gold 8505 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon II X2 250u (9%)
Intel Pentium Gold 8505 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Athlon II X2 250u AMD Athlon II X2 250u
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
222 (14%)
Intel Pentium Gold 8505 Intel Pentium Gold 8505
5C 6T @ 4.40 GHz
1550 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Athlon II X2 250u AMD Athlon II X2 250u
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
423 (10%)
Intel Pentium Gold 8505 Intel Pentium Gold 8505
5C 6T @ 1.60 GHz
4055 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD Athlon II X2 250u AMD Athlon II X2 250u
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
590 (7%)
Intel Pentium Gold 8505 Intel Pentium Gold 8505
5C 6T @ 1.60 GHz
8935 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Athlon II X2 250u AMD Athlon II X2 250u
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
229 (100%)
Intel Pentium Gold 8505 Intel Pentium Gold 8505
5C 6T @ 4.40 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Athlon II X2 250u AMD Athlon II X2 250u
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
425 (100%)
Intel Pentium Gold 8505 Intel Pentium Gold 8505
5C 6T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD Athlon II X2 250u AMD Athlon II X2 250u
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold 8505 Intel Pentium Gold 8505
5C 6T @ 4.40 GHz
2146 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD Athlon II X2 250u AMD Athlon II X2 250u
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold 8505 Intel Pentium Gold 8505
5C 6T @ 1.60 GHz
4722 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD Athlon II X2 250u AMD Athlon II X2 250u
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold 8505 Intel Pentium Gold 8505
Intel UHD Graphics 12th Gen (48 EU) @ 1.10 GHz
844 (100%)

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