Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H vs Intel Pentium Gold 7505

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium Gold 7505
Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H Intel Pentium Gold 7505

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H or Intel Pentium Gold 7505 - 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 Xeon Platinum 8490H has 60 cores with 120 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. Up to 4096 GB of memory is supported in 8 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H was released in Q1/2023.

The Intel Pentium Gold 7505 has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold 7505 was released in Q4/2020.
Intel Xeon Platinum (89) Family Intel Pentium (150)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8400 (18) CPU group Intel Pentium 7000 (1)
4 Generation 11
Sapphire Rapids Architecture Tiger Lake U
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Pentium Gold 8505

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H is a 60 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.90 GHz (3.50 GHz). The Intel Pentium Gold 7505 has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.00 GHz (3.50 GHz).
Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold 7505
60 Cores 2
120 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.90 GHz Frequency 2.00 GHz
3.50 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.50 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.50 GHz

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 Xeon Platinum 8490H Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold 7505
-- AI hardware --
-- 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.
no iGPU GPU Intel UHD Graphics (Tiger Lake G4)
GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.25 GHz
-- GPU Generation 11
Technology 10 nm
Max. displays 4
-- Compute units 48
-- Shader 384
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
-- 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.
no iGPU GPU Intel UHD Graphics (Tiger Lake G4)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode
No Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 Decode
No Codec AVC Decode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H supports a maximum of 4096 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold 7505 can connect up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold 7505
DDR5-4400, DDR5-4800 Memory LPDDR4-3733, DDR4-3200
4096 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
8 (Octa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
307.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
112.50 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
5.0 PCIe version 3.0
80 PCIe lanes 16
315.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H has a TDP of 350 W, that of the Intel Pentium Gold 7505 is 15 W.
Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold 7505
350 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up 28 W
-- TDP down 12 W
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H has a 112.50 MB cache, while the Intel Pentium Gold 7505 cache has a total of 4.00 MB.
Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold 7505
10 nm Technology 10 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
LGA 4677 Socket BGA 1526
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows, Linux Operating systems
Q1/2023 Release date Q4/2020
17000 $ Release price 193 $
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Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H
60C 120T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold 7505 Intel Pentium Gold 7505
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
63 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H
60C 120T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold 7505 Intel Pentium Gold 7505
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
142 (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 Xeon Platinum 8490H Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H
60C 120T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold 7505 Intel Pentium Gold 7505
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
1089 (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 Xeon Platinum 8490H Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H
60C 120T @ 1.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold 7505 Intel Pentium Gold 7505
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
2284 (100%)

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 Xeon Platinum 8490H Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H
60C 120T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold 7505 Intel Pentium Gold 7505
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
1465 (100%)

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 Xeon Platinum 8490H Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H
60C 120T @ 1.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold 7505 Intel Pentium Gold 7505
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
2927 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 Xeon Platinum 8490H Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H
60C 120T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold 7505 Intel Pentium Gold 7505
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
427 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 Xeon Platinum 8490H Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H
60C 120T @ 1.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold 7505 Intel Pentium Gold 7505
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
1026 (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 Xeon Platinum 8490H Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold 7505 Intel Pentium Gold 7505
Intel UHD Graphics (Tiger Lake G4) @ 1.25 GHz
960 (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 Xeon Platinum 8490H Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H
60C 120T @ 1.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold 7505 Intel Pentium Gold 7505
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
5278 (100%)

Devices using this processor
Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H Intel Pentium Gold 7505
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