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Intel Pentium Gold 7505 vs Core i3 1125G4

29 out of 100
Intel Pentium Gold 7505
VS
34 out of 100
Intel Core i3 1125G4
Intel Pentium Gold 7505
Intel Core i3 1125G4

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2 GHz Intel Pentium Gold 7505 with 2-cores against the 2 GHz Core i3 1125G4 with 4-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 1125G4 and 7505
Advantages of Intel Core i3 1125G4
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • 21% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1648 vs 1361 points
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (3.7 GHz vs 3.5 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Pentium Gold 7505
vs
Core i3 1125G4

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 357.8 MB/sec
Clang compilation 16.5 Klines/sec 29.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 63.5 pages/sec 90.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 83.7 Mpixels/sec 115.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 117.8 pages/sec 148.6 pages/sec
Background blur 14.7 images/sec 24 images/sec
Photo processing 38.5 images/sec 37.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 2.96 Mpixels/sec 5.97 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 270 & 533 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 14.8 GOps/sec 29 GOps/sec
Floating point math 9.1 GOps/sec 17.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 19M Primes/sec 33M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 6.8M Strings/sec 12.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 3 GBytes/sec 5.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 55.7 MBytes/sec 103.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 369 Frames/sec 545 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 4.2B Matrices/sec 7.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 353 & 650 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Pentium Gold 7505
20.24
Core i3 1125G4 +125%
45.54

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt - 10 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 190.9 PPW 156.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 344.1 PPW 330.3 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.35 PPW 1.63 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 i3 1125G4

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released October 17, 2020 September 1, 2020
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Tiger Lake Tiger Lake
Model number 7505 i3-1125G4
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics Xe G4 48 EUs UHD Graphics Xe G4
Successor - - Intel Core i3 1220P

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 4
P-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.0 GHz 0.9-2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz 3.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 2 4
Total Threads 4 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 20x 9-20x
Bus Bandwidth 4 GT/s 4 GT/s
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 1256K (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 4MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 15 W 12-28 W (configurable)
Socket BGA-1449 BGA-1449
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 48 EUs Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1250 MHz 1250 MHz
Shading Units 384 384
TMUs 24 24
ROPs 12 12
Execution Units 48 48
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Pentium Gold 7505
1 TFLOPS
Core i3 1125G4
1 TFLOPS
See: Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU) benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-3733		 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-3733
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Pentium Gold 7505 official page Intel Core i3 1125G4 official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes - 16

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Comments

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