Intel Celeron N2805 vs Intel Pentium Gold 8500

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Intel Celeron N2805 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium Gold 8500
Intel Celeron N2805 Intel Pentium Gold 8500

CPU comparison

Intel Celeron N2805 or Intel Pentium Gold 8500 - 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 Intel Celeron N2805 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.46 GHz. Up to 4 GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The Intel Celeron N2805 was released in Q3/2013.

The Intel Pentium Gold 8500 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 8500 was released in Q1/2022.
Intel Celeron (165) Family Intel Pentium (150)
Intel Celeron J1000/N2000 (17) CPU group Intel Pentium Gold 8000 (2)
6 Generation 12
Bay Trail Architecture Alder Lake U
Mobile Segment Mobile
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CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Celeron N2805 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.46 GHz. The Intel Pentium Gold 8500 has 5 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.00 GHz (4.40 GHz).

Intel Celeron N2805 Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold 8500
2 Cores 5
2 Threads 6
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.46 GHz A-Core 1.00 GHz (4.40 GHz)
1x Golden Cove
-- B-Core 0.70 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.

Intel Celeron N2805 Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold 8500
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-- 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.

Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) GPU Intel UHD Graphics 12th Gen (48 EU)
0.31 GHz GPU frequency 0.20 GHz
0.67 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.80 GHz
7 GPU Generation 12
22 nm Technology 10 nm
2 Max. displays 3
4 Compute units 48
32 Shader 384
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 64 GB
11.2 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.

Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) GPU Intel UHD Graphics 12th Gen (48 EU)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Celeron N2805 supports a maximum of 4 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold 8500 can connect up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Intel Celeron N2805 Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold 8500
DDR3-1066 Memory LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4X-4266, DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
4 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
8.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 83.2 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 3.25 MB
1.00 MB L3 Cache 8.00 MB
2.0 PCIe version 4.0
4 PCIe lanes 14
2.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 27.6 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Celeron N2805 has a TDP of 4.3 W, that of the Intel Pentium Gold 8500 is 9 W.

Intel Celeron N2805 Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold 8500
4.3 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 9 W
-- TDP (PL2) 29 W
-- TDP up --
2.5 W TDP down --
80 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Celeron N2805 has a 1.00 MB cache, while the Intel Pentium Gold 8500 cache has a total of 11.25 MB.

Intel Celeron N2805 Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold 8500
22 nm Technology 10 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
BGA 1170 Socket BGA 1744
VT-x, VT-x EPT Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems
Q3/2013 Release date Q1/2022
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Celeron N2805 (10%)
Intel Pentium Gold 8500 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Celeron N2805 (7%)
Intel Pentium Gold 8500 (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.
Intel Celeron N2805 Intel Celeron N2805
2C 2T @ 1.46 GHz
148 (10%)
Intel Pentium Gold 8500 Intel Pentium Gold 8500
5C 6T @ 4.40 GHz
1527 (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.
Intel Celeron N2805 Intel Celeron N2805
2C 2T @ 1.46 GHz
280 (8%)
Intel Pentium Gold 8500 Intel Pentium Gold 8500
5C 6T @ 1.40 GHz
3417 (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.
Intel Celeron N2805 Intel Celeron N2805
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) @ 0.67 GHz
43 (7%)
Intel Pentium Gold 8500 Intel Pentium Gold 8500
Intel UHD Graphics 12th Gen (48 EU) @ 0.80 GHz
614 (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.
Intel Celeron N2805 Intel Celeron N2805
2C 2T @ 1.46 GHz
332 (5%)
Intel Pentium Gold 8500 Intel Pentium Gold 8500
5C 6T @ 1.40 GHz
7340 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 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.
Intel Celeron N2805 Intel Celeron N2805
2C 2T @ 1.46 GHz
23 (100%)
Intel Pentium Gold 8500 Intel Pentium Gold 8500
5C 6T @ 4.40 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 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.
Intel Celeron N2805 Intel Celeron N2805
2C 2T @ 1.46 GHz
45 (100%)
Intel Pentium Gold 8500 Intel Pentium Gold 8500
5C 6T @ 1.40 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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