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Intel Pentium 8505 vs Intel Core i5-1230U

Intel Pentium 8505

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The Intel Pentium 8505 is an entry-level mobile CPU for thin and light laptops based on the Alder Lake architecture. It was announced in early 2022 and offers one performance core (P-cores, Golden Cove architecture) and 4 efficient cores (E-cores, Gracemont architecture). The P-cores support Hyper-Threading leading to 6 supported threads when combined with the E-cores. The clock rate ranges from 1.2 to 4.4 GHz on the performance cluster and 0.9 to 3.3 GHz on the efficient cluster. The performance of the E-cores should be similar to old Skylake cores (compare to the Core i7-6700HQ). All cores can use up to 8 MB L3-cache. Compared to the faster Core i3-1215U, the Pentium offers one less P-core.

Performance

This is a fairly unpopular CPU, if the fact that we have not tested a single system built around it as of August 2023 is any indication. That said, we have tested a few systems featuring the Core i3-1215U, a chip with the same clock speeds and the same 4 E-cores but with 2 P-cores instead of 1. Based on that, expect the 8505 to be 10% to 20% behind the Ryzen 3 5300U and the Core i7-1185G7, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned.

Your mileage may vary depending on how competent the cooling solution of your laptop is and how high the CPU power limits are.

Features

The integrated memory controller supports various memory types up to DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, and LPDDR4x-4267. The Thread Director (in hardware) can support the operating system to decide which thread to use on the performance or efficient cores for the best performance. For AI tasks, the CPU also integrates GNA 3.0 and DL Boost (via AVX2). Quick Sync in version 8 is the same as in the Rocket Lake CPUs and supports MPEG-2, AVC, VC-1 decode, JPEG, VP8 decode, VP9, HEVC, and AV1 decode in hardware. The CPU only supports PCIe 4.0 (x8 for a GPU and two x4 for SSDs).

The integrated graphics adapter is based on the Xe-architecture and offers 48 of the 96 EUs (Execution Units) operating at up to 1.1 GHz.

Power consumption

The Pentium has a Base power consumption of 15 W, with 55 W being its maximum Intel-recommended Turbo power consumption. These values are fairly high; passive cooling solutions aren't really an option here.

The CPU is built with Intel's 3rd generation 10 nm process marketed as Intel 7 for decent, as of early 2023, energy efficiency.

Intel Core i5-1230U

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The Intel Core i5-1230U is a mobile CPU for thin and light laptops based on the Alder Lake architecture. It was announced in early 2022 and offers 2  performance cores (P-cores, Golden Cove architecture) and 8 efficient cores (E-cores, Gracemont architecture). The P-cores support Hyper-Threading leading to 12 supported threads when combined with the E-cores. The clock rate ranges from 1 to 4.4 GHz on the performance cluster and 0.7 to 3.3 GHz on the efficient cluster. The performance of the E-cores should be similar to old Skylake cores (compare to the Core i7-6700HQ). All cores can use up to 12 MB L3 cache.  Compared to the similar Core i5-1240U, the 1230U offers a lower base CPU clock speed and only "Essentials" vPro management features.

Performance

Compared to the old 7 Watt Comet Lake-Y series (like the i7-10510Y), the performance should be clearly better thanks to the 10 cores and the improved architecture of the P-cores. Compared to the 15 W U-series (like the similar specified Core i5-1235U) the sustained performance will be clearly limited by the 9 Watt TDP. As always, the performance will also greatly depend on the cooling solution, especially for fanless laptops and tablets.

Features

The integrated memory controller supports various memory types up to DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, and LPDDR4x-4267. The Thread Director (in hardware) can support the operating system to decide which thread to use on the performance or efficient cores for the best performance. For AI tasks, the CPU also integrates GNA 3.0 and DL Boost (via AVX2). Quick Sync in version 8 is the same as in the Rocket Lake CPUs and supports MPEG-2, AVC, VC-1 decode, JPEG, VP8 decode, VP9, HEVC, and AV1 decode in hardware. The CPU only supports PCIe 4.0 (x8 for a GPU and two x4 for SSDs).

The integrated graphics card is based on the Xe-architecture and offers 80 of the 96 EUs (Execution Units) operating at up to 0.85 GHz.

The CPU is rated at 9 W base power (TDP, PL1) and 29 W max. Turbo power (PL2) and the whole SoC is manufactured on a 10nm process at Intel, which is known as Intel 7.

ModelIntel Pentium 8505Intel Core i5-1230U
SeriesIntel Alder Lake-MIntel Alder Lake-M
CodenameAlder Lake-UAlder Lake-U
Series: Alder Lake-M Alder Lake-U
Intel Core i7-1265U compare1.3 - 4.8 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1255U compare1.2 - 4.7 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1245U compare1.2 - 4.4 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1235U compare0.9 - 4.4 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1260U compare0.8 - 4.7 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1250U compare0.8 - 4.7 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1240U compare0.8 - 4.4 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1230U0.7 - 4.4 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i3-1215U compare0.9 - 4.4 GHz6 / 8 cores10 MB L3
Intel Pentium 8505 « 0.9 - 4.4 GHz5 / 6 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i3-1210U compare0.7 - 4.4 GHz6 / 8 cores10 MB L3
Intel Pentium 8500 compare0.7 - 4.4 GHz5 / 6 cores8 MB L3
Intel Celeron 7305 compare0.9 - 1.1 GHz5 / 5 cores8 MB L3
Intel Celeron 7300 compare0.7 - 1 GHz5 / 5 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1265U compare1.3 - 4.8 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1255U compare1.2 - 4.7 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1245U compare1.2 - 4.4 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1235U compare0.9 - 4.4 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1260U compare0.8 - 4.7 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1250U compare0.8 - 4.7 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1240U compare0.8 - 4.4 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1230U « 0.7 - 4.4 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i3-1215U compare0.9 - 4.4 GHz6 / 8 cores10 MB L3
Intel Pentium 85050.9 - 4.4 GHz5 / 6 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i3-1210U compare0.7 - 4.4 GHz6 / 8 cores10 MB L3
Intel Pentium 8500 compare0.7 - 4.4 GHz5 / 6 cores8 MB L3
Intel Celeron 7305 compare0.9 - 1.1 GHz5 / 5 cores8 MB L3
Intel Celeron 7300 compare0.7 - 1 GHz5 / 5 cores8 MB L3
Clock900 - 4400 MHz700 - 4400 MHz
L1 Cache464 KB928 KB
L2 Cache3.5 MB9.5 MB
L3 Cache8 MB12 MB
Cores / Threads5 / 610 / 12
TDP15 Watt9 Watt
Technology10 nm10 nm
max. Temp.100 °C100 °C
SocketBGA1744BGA1781
FeaturesDDR4-3200/LPDDR4x-4266/DDR5-4800/LPDDR5-5200 RAM, PCIe 4, Thr. Director, DL Boost, GNA, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHALPDDR4x-4266/LPDDR5-5200 RAM, PCIe 4, Thr. Director, DL Boost, GNA, vPro Essen., MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
iGPUIntel UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs ( - 1100 MHz)Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs ( - 850 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i5-1230U
29.9 pt (41%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 3066     avg: 4911     median: 4402 (4%)     max: 7264 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1135     avg: 1319     median: 1310 (56%)     max: 1512 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 441     avg: 496.7     median: 469 (52%)     max: 580 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 1175     avg: 1877     median: 1653 (4%)     max: 2802 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 433     avg: 734     median: 514 (3%)     max: 1254 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 120.1     avg: 176     median: 186.8 (56%)     max: 221 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
7290 Points (44%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
17243 Points (12%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
28930 Points (20%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
12037 Points (15%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
576 s (7%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
14 s (3%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
4985 Points (8%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 12470     avg: 22356     median: 20092 (12%)     max: 34505 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 3873     avg: 4237     median: 3969 (47%)     max: 4870 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
41.8 fps (15%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
152.7 fps (35%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 3.59     avg: 6     median: 6 (10%)     max: 8.33 fps
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
min: 1023     avg: 1459     median: 1458.5 (19%)     max: 1894 Seconds
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 503     avg: 754     median: 754 (5%)     max: 1005 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.527     avg: 0.6     median: 0.6 (13%)     max: 0.676 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
6641 Points (14%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
7 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
15 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
365 s (2%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 6656     avg: 9961     median: 10067 (27%)     max: 13161 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
36896 Points (31%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 4472     avg: 7453     median: 7284 (18%)     max: 10602 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 6737     avg: 12027     median: 13426 (24%)     max: 15917 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 2140     avg: 2983     median: 3017 (13%)     max: 3791 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1454     avg: 1541     median: 1529 (65%)     max: 1640 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 4193     avg: 6086     median: 6755 (12%)     max: 7309 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1412     avg: 1472     median: 1471.5 (6%)     max: 1531 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 3814     avg: 5506     median: 5505.5 (17%)     max: 7197 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
21447 Points (38%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
5120 Points (100%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
24369 Points (38%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
5835 Points (87%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 604     avg: 641     median: 640.5 (1%)     max: 677 ms
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
min: 188.4     avg: 204.2     median: 204.2 (59%)     max: 220 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 219     avg: 233.5     median: 233.5 (49%)     max: 248 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 1117     avg: 1271     median: 1312 (50%)     max: 1383 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 14.7     avg: 25.3     median: 23.2 (4%)     max: 38 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 17.8     avg: 36.4     median: 43.9 (8%)     max: 47.4 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 2.87     avg: 5.2     median: 5.8 (4%)     max: 6.87 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 3.02     avg: 4.4     median: 3.9 (4%)     max: 6.1 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 10.8     avg: 19.7     median: 19.7 (15%)     max: 28.6 Points per Watt

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