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Intel Pentium Gold 7505 vs Core 3 N355

29 out of 100
Intel Pentium Gold 7505
VS
33 out of 100
Intel Core 3 N355
Intel Pentium Gold 7505
Intel Core 3 N355

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.0 GHz Intel Pentium Gold 7505 with 2-cores against the 0.1 GHz Core 3 N355 with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between N355 and 7505
Advantages of Intel Pentium Gold 7505
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 48 EUs integrated graphics: 1 vs 0.7 TFLOPS
Advantages of Intel Core 3 N355
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 2 years and 3 months later
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Pentium Gold 7505
vs
Core 3 N355

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 255.8 MB/sec 461.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 16.5 Klines/sec 36.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 63.5 pages/sec 120.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 83.7 Mpixels/sec 154.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 117.8 pages/sec 157.4 pages/sec
Background blur 14.7 images/sec 24.2 images/sec
Photo processing 38.5 images/sec 41.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 2.96 Mpixels/sec 7.33 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 270 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Pentium Gold 7505
5162
Core 3 N355 +97%
10188
Integer math 14.8 GOps/sec 33.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 9.1 GOps/sec 22.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 19M Primes/sec 27M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 6.8M Strings/sec 14.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 3 GBytes/sec 8.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 55.7 MBytes/sec 118.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 369 Frames/sec 621 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 4.2B Matrices/sec 6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 353 & 234 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt - 37.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 190.9 PPW 571.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 344.1 PPW 1132 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.35 PPW -
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Pentium Gold 7505 and Core 3 N355

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released October 17, 2020 January 3, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Tiger Lake -
Model number 7505 3-N355
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics Xe G4 48 EUs UHD Graphics (32EU)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 -
P-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (P) 2.0 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 8
E-Threads - 8
Base Frequency (E) - 0.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 3.9 GHz
Total
Total Cores 2 8
Total Threads 4 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 20x 39x
Bus Bandwidth 4 GT/s -
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 1256K (per core) 2MB (shared)
L3 Cache 4MB (shared) 6MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 15 W 9 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 15 W
Socket BGA-1449 BGA-1264
Peak Temperature 100°C 105°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 48 EUs Intel UHD Graphics (32EU)
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1250 MHz 1350 MHz
Shading Units 384 256
TMUs 24 16
ROPs 12 8
Execution Units 48 32
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Pentium Gold 7505 +43%
1 TFLOPS
Core 3 N355
0.7 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU) compared to Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-3733		 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-4800
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 16 GB
Memory Channels 2 1
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Pentium Gold 7505 official page Intel Core 3 N355 official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes - 9

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Comments

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