Intel Pentium Gold 8505 vs Intel Celeron 3965U

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Intel Pentium Gold 8505 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Celeron 3965U
Intel Pentium Gold 8505 Intel Celeron 3965U

CPU comparison

Intel Pentium Gold 8505 or Intel Celeron 3965U - 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 Pentium Gold 8505 has 5 cores with 6 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.40 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold 8505 was released in Q1/2022.

The Intel Celeron 3965U has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron 3965U was released in Q1/2017.
Intel Pentium (150) Family Intel Celeron (165)
Intel Pentium Gold 8000 (2) CPU group Intel Celeron 3000 (10)
12 Generation 7
Alder Lake U Architecture Kaby Lake U
Mobile Segment Mobile
Intel Pentium Gold 7505 Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium Gold 8505 has 5 CPU cores and can calculate 6 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium Gold 8505 is 1.20 GHz (4.40 GHz) while the Intel Celeron 3965U has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Celeron 3965U is at 2.20 GHz.

Intel Pentium Gold 8505 Characteristic Intel Celeron 3965U
5 Cores 2
6 Threads 2
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.20 GHz (4.40 GHz)
1x Golden Cove
A-Core 2.20 GHz
0.90 GHz (3.30 GHz)
4x Gracemont
B-Core --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Intel Pentium Gold 8505 Characteristic Intel Celeron 3965U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Pentium Gold 8505 or Intel Celeron 3965U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Intel UHD Graphics 12th Gen (48 EU) GPU Intel HD Graphics 610
0.20 GHz GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
1.10 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.90 GHz
12 GPU Generation 9.5
10 nm Technology 14 nm
3 Max. displays 3
48 Compute units 12
384 Shader 96
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
64 GB Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
12 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 UHD Graphics 12th Gen (48 EU) GPU Intel HD Graphics 610
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Pentium Gold 8505 can use up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 83.2 GB/s. The Intel Celeron 3965U supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 34.1 GB/s.

Intel Pentium Gold 8505 Characteristic Intel Celeron 3965U
LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4X-4266, DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200 Memory LPDDR3-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600
64 GB Max. Memory 32 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
83.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 34.1 GB/s
No ECC No
3.25 MB L2 Cache --
8.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
4.0 PCIe version 2.0
20 PCIe lanes 10
39.4 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 5.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Pentium Gold 8505 is 15 W, while the Intel Celeron 3965U has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Pentium Gold 8505 Characteristic Intel Celeron 3965U
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
55 W TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 10 W
100 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium Gold 8505 is manufactured in 10 nm and has 11.25 MB cache. The Intel Celeron 3965U is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.

Intel Pentium Gold 8505 Characteristic Intel Celeron 3965U
10 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
BGA 1744 Socket BGA 1356
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2022 Release date Q1/2017
193 $ Release price 107 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium Gold 8505 (100%)
Intel Celeron 3965U (29%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium Gold 8505 (100%)
Intel Celeron 3965U (21%)

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 Pentium Gold 8505 Intel Pentium Gold 8505
5C 6T @ 4.40 GHz
1550 (100%)
Intel Celeron 3965U Intel Celeron 3965U
2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz
560 (36%)

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 Pentium Gold 8505 Intel Pentium Gold 8505
5C 6T @ 1.60 GHz
4055 (100%)
Intel Celeron 3965U Intel Celeron 3965U
2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz
1084 (27%)

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.
Intel Pentium Gold 8505 Intel Pentium Gold 8505
5C 6T @ 4.40 GHz
2146 (100%)
Intel Celeron 3965U Intel Celeron 3965U
2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz
469 (22%)

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.
Intel Pentium Gold 8505 Intel Pentium Gold 8505
5C 6T @ 1.60 GHz
4722 (100%)
Intel Celeron 3965U Intel Celeron 3965U
2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz
832 (18%)

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 Pentium Gold 8505 Intel Pentium Gold 8505
Intel UHD Graphics 12th Gen (48 EU) @ 1.10 GHz
844 (100%)
Intel Celeron 3965U Intel Celeron 3965U
Intel HD Graphics 610 @ 0.90 GHz
173 (20%)

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 Pentium Gold 8505 Intel Pentium Gold 8505
5C 6T @ 1.60 GHz
8935 (100%)
Intel Celeron 3965U Intel Celeron 3965U
2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz
1732 (19%)

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 Pentium Gold 8505 Intel Pentium Gold 8505
5C 6T @ 4.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron 3965U Intel Celeron 3965U
2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz
86 (100%)

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 Pentium Gold 8505 Intel Pentium Gold 8505
5C 6T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron 3965U Intel Celeron 3965U
2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz
168 (100%)

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