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Intel Core i3-7100 vs Intel Pentium Gold 8505

Last updated: 2026-07-05

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 60 %

Intel Core i3-7100

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Pentium Gold 8505

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 51 %

Intel Core i3-7100

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Pentium Gold 8505

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

1,225

5C / 6T · 4.40 GHz

2,146

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

2,436

5C / 6T · 1.60 GHz

4,722

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

973

5C / 6T · 4.40 GHz

1,550

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

2,076

5C / 6T · 1.60 GHz

4,055

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 630

422

Intel UHD Graphics 12th Gen (48 EU)

844

More benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-7100	Intel Pentium Gold 8505
Family	Intel Core i3 (205)	Intel Pentium (150)
CPU group	Intel Core i 7000 (17)	Intel Pentium Gold 8000 (2)
Architecture	Kaby Lake S	Alder Lake U
Technology	14 nm	10 nm
Segment	Desktop	Notebook
Socket	LGA 1151	BGA 1744
Predecessor	Intel Core i3-6100	Intel Pentium Gold 7505
Successor	Intel Core i3-8100

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i3-7100	Intel Pentium Gold 8505
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	5 / 6
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	2x 3.90 GHz	1x Golden Cove 1.20 - 4.40 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		4x Gracemont 0.90 - 3.30 GHz
L2-Cache		3.25 MB
L3-Cache	3.00 MB	8.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i3-7100	Intel Pentium Gold 8505
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 630	Intel UHD Graphics 12th Gen (48 EU)
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.10 GHz	0.20 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	48 / 384
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB	64 GB
Technology	14 nm	10 nm
Release date	Q2/2016	Q2/2020

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-7100	Intel Pentium Gold 8505
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i3-7100	Intel Pentium Gold 8505
Memory	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s) DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	LPDDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s) DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB	64 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16	4.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i3-7100	Intel Pentium Gold 8505
TDP	51 W	15 W
TDP (PL2)		55 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i3-7100	Intel Pentium Gold 8505
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q1/2017	Q1/2022
Release price		193 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i3-7100 is 3.9 stars (48 ratings), while Intel Pentium Gold 8505 has received 4.2 stars (26 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i3-7100
2C / 4T · 3.90 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Pentium Gold 8505
5C / 6T · 1.20 - 4.40 GHz

★★★★★