Intel Pentium Gold 8505 vs MediaTek MT6572M

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Intel Pentium Gold 8505 CPU1 vs CPU2 MediaTek MT6572M
Intel Pentium Gold 8505 MediaTek MT6572M

CPU comparison

Intel Pentium Gold 8505 or MediaTek MT6572M - 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 MediaTek MT6572M has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The MediaTek MT6572M was released in 2013.
Intel Pentium (150) Family Mediatek MT-Serie (72)
Intel Pentium Gold 8000 (2) CPU group MediaTek MT65xx A7 (14)
12 Generation 1
Alder Lake U Architecture Cortex-A9
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 MediaTek MT6572M has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the MediaTek MT6572M is at 1.00 GHz.

Intel Pentium Gold 8505 Characteristic MediaTek MT6572M
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 1.00 GHz
2x Cortex-A7
0.90 GHz (3.30 GHz)
4x Gracemont
B-Core --

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 Pentium Gold 8505 Characteristic MediaTek MT6572M
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Pentium Gold 8505 or MediaTek MT6572M 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 ARM Mali-400
0.20 GHz GPU frequency 0.40 GHz
1.10 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.40 GHz
12 GPU Generation Utgard
10 nm Technology 28nm
3 Max. displays 1
48 Compute units 1
384 Shader 16
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
64 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version 0

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 ARM Mali-400
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode Codec VP8 No
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

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 MediaTek MT6572M supports up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to --.

Intel Pentium Gold 8505 Characteristic MediaTek MT6572M
LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4X-4266, DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200 Memory LPDDR2
64 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 0
83.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
No ECC No
3.25 MB L2 Cache --
8.00 MB L3 Cache --
4.0 PCIe version --
20 PCIe lanes --
39.4 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Pentium Gold 8505 is 15 W, while the MediaTek MT6572M has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Pentium Gold 8505 Characteristic MediaTek MT6572M
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
55 W TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Pentium Gold 8505 is manufactured in 10 nm and has 11.25 MB cache. The MediaTek MT6572M is manufactured in 28 nm and has a 0.00 MB cache.

Intel Pentium Gold 8505 Characteristic MediaTek MT6572M
10 nm Technology 28 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv7-A (32 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions --
BGA 1744 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Operating systems Android
Q1/2022 Release date 2013
193 $ Release price --
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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%)
MediaTek MT6572M MediaTek MT6572M
ARM Mali-400 @ 0.40 GHz
4 (0%)

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%)
MediaTek MT6572M MediaTek MT6572M
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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%)
MediaTek MT6572M MediaTek MT6572M
2C 2T @ 1.00 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.
Intel Pentium Gold 8505 Intel Pentium Gold 8505
5C 6T @ 4.40 GHz
2146 (100%)
MediaTek MT6572M MediaTek MT6572M
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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%)
MediaTek MT6572M MediaTek MT6572M
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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%)
MediaTek MT6572M MediaTek MT6572M
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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