Intel Pentium Gold G6505 vs Intel Core i5-2537M

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Intel Pentium Gold G6505 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i5-2537M
Intel Pentium Gold G6505 Intel Core i5-2537M

CPU comparison

Intel Pentium Gold G6505 or Intel Core i5-2537M - 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 G6505 has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold G6505 was released in Q1/2021.

The Intel Core i5-2537M has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-2537M was released in Q1/2011.
Intel Pentium Family Intel Core i5
Intel Pentium G6000 CPU group Intel Core i 2000M
10 Generation 2
Comet Lake S Architecture Sandy Bridge H
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

In addition to the number of CPU cores and threads, you can see here whether the Intel Pentium Gold G6505 or Intel Core i5-2537M can be overclocked. You will also find the clock frequencies of the processor (single-core and multi-core) here. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor.

2 Cores 2
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
4.20 GHz Frequency 1.40 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 2.30 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Pentium Gold G6505 or Intel Core i5-2537M 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. A processor with integrated graphics is also called APU (Accelerated Processing Unit).

Intel HD Graphics 630 GPU Intel HD Graphics 3000
0.35 GHz GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
1.10 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.90 GHz
9.5 GPU Generation 6
14 nm Technology 32 nm
3 Max. displays 2
24 Execution units 12
192 Shader 96
64 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
12 DirectX Version 10.1

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.

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

Memory & PCIe

The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the processor. The memory bandwidth depends on several factors and is given in gigabytes per second.

DDR4-2666 Memory DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333
128 GB Max. Memory 8 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Bandwidth --
Yes ECC No
L2 Cache
4.00 MB L3 Cache 3.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 2.0
16 PCIe lanes 16

Thermal Management

The Thermal Design Power (TDP for short) specifies the necessary cooling solution to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually only gives a rough idea of the real consumption of a CPU.

65 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 17 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

Here you will find information on the size of the level 2 and level 3 cache of the Intel Pentium Gold G6505 or Intel Core i5-2537M as well as a list of the processors ISA extensions. We have documented the architecture and the manufacturing technology for you as well as the release date.

14 nm Technology 32 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, AVX
LGA 1200 Socket BGA 1023
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2021 Release date Q1/2011
-- Release price 225 $
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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 G6505 Intel Pentium Gold G6505
Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz
422 (100%)
Intel Core i5-2537M Intel Core i5-2537M
Intel HD Graphics 3000 @ 0.90 GHz
173 (41%)
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Devices using this processor

Intel Pentium Gold G6505 Intel Core i5-2537M
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