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Intel Pentium Gold 7505 vs Core i5 1235U

29 out of 100
Intel Pentium Gold 7505
VS
43 out of 100
Intel Core i5 1235U
Intel Pentium Gold 7505
Intel Core i5 1235U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.0 GHz Intel Pentium Gold 7505 with 2-cores against the 1.3 GHz Core i5 1235U with 10-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 1235U and 7505
Advantages of Intel Core i5 1235U
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More powerful Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) integrated graphics: 1.5 vs 1 TFLOPS
  • 53% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2089 vs 1361 points
  • Newer - released 1 year and 4 months later
  • 26% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.4 GHz vs 3.5 GHz)
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Pentium Gold 7505
vs
Core i5 1235U

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 400
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 1046
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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 448.4 MB/sec
Clang compilation 16.5 Klines/sec 24.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 63.5 pages/sec 156 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 83.7 Mpixels/sec 128.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 117.8 pages/sec 206.3 pages/sec
Background blur 14.7 images/sec 34.7 images/sec
Photo processing 38.5 images/sec 54.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 2.96 Mpixels/sec 10.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 270 & 545 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 i5 1235U +141%
12449
Integer math 14.8 GOps/sec 47.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 9.1 GOps/sec 37.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 19M Primes/sec 534M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 6.8M Strings/sec 16.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 3 GBytes/sec 9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 55.7 MBytes/sec 143.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 369 Frames/sec 649 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 4.2B Matrices/sec 7.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 353 & 8323 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Pentium Gold 7505
20.24
Core i5 1235U +297%
80.33

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt - 24.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 190.9 PPW 424.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 344.1 PPW 829.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.35 PPW 5.36 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Pentium Gold 7505
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Intel Core i5 1235U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-15 (zoetje)Cinebench 2026400 / 1046
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-09 (Jubayer)Cinebench 202486 / 393
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-06 (TASIN AMIR)GeekBench2191 / 7204
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-08 -> samueltailsGeekBench2147 / 6050
πŸ“˜ 2025-01-13 (sauron269)Cinebench 202498 / 368
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Pentium Gold 7505 and Core i5 1235U

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released October 17, 2020 February 23, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Tiger Lake Alder Lake
Model number 7505 i5-1235U
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics Xe G4 48 EUs Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 5 225U
Intel CPU rating (#199th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 2
P-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (P) 2.0 GHz 1.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz 4.4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 8
E-Threads - 8
Base Frequency (E) - 0.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 3.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 2 10
Total Threads 4 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 20x 13x
Bus Bandwidth 4 GT/s -
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1256K (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 4MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 15 W 12-15 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 55 W
Socket BGA-1449 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 48 EUs Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1250 MHz 1200 MHz
Shading Units 384 640
TMUs 24 40
ROPs 12 20
Execution Units 48 80
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Pentium Gold 7505
1 TFLOPS
Core i5 1235U +50%
1.5 TFLOPS
More info: Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU) compared to UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-3733		 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
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 i5 1235U official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes - 20

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Comments

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