Intel Core i3-8300 vs Intel Pentium Gold 7505

Processor comparisons 20-01-2022

   For example you have difficulties with the choice of a processor, you will solve them by reading the detailed tests Intel Core i3-8300 vs Intel Pentium Gold 7505 and see which is better for games or simple use for machine learning, video editing, streaming, programming, rendering. Here is all information from real video editing and streaming tests or various benchmarks. A thorough analysis of all the specifications, to make it easier to read, is made by the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of joint testing in special testing software like World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, Gears 5, RealBench, Dolphin Emulator, PCMark 10, VeraCrypt, GeekBench 6, 5.2, WPrime, Blender, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), DaVinci Resolve Studio, PassMark, AIDA64, UserBenchmark, MATLAB, Blender, Handbrake, 7zip, Prime95, 3DMark, SuperPi, Furmark.
   And how good the processors are in games:

Borderlands 3
Cyberpunk 2077
DOOM: Eternal
Apex Legends
Valheim
Halo Infinite
Overwatch
Watch Dogs Legion
Rainbow Six Siege
Call of Duty: Warzone and Modern Warfare
Death Stranding
Grand Theft Auto V
Fortnite
Valorant
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Red Dead Redemption 2
Fallout 76
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Last Man Standing

After looking at the data these benchmarks and videos, you can already make an informed decision about which CPU is better to buy for gaming Intel Pentium Gold 7505 or Intel Core i3-8300.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Core i3-8300

51%

Pentium Gold 7505

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Core i3-8300

52%

Pentium Gold 7505

51%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor currently available. And it is clear that this is a server processor, on which no one will play games. Because the cost of this processor reaches several tens of thousands of dollars. Therefore, if you think that the selected CPU has a low game result, look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the final table below.
List of other games in which processors were compared: Hitman 3, Battlefield V, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Ghostrunner, Control, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), NBA 2K20, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Forza Horizon 4, Horizon Zero Dawn, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Metro Exodus, Monster Hunter World, League of Legends (LOL), DOTA 2A, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Half-Life: Alyx.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	91.8	90.6
Valorant	104.4	103.0
Cyberpunk 2077	58.4	57.7
Apex Legends	98.1	96.8
Call of Duty Warzone	78.3	77.2
Overwatch	84.5	83.4
Red Dead Redemption 2	72.0	71.1
DOOM Eternal	52.2	51.5
Warzone	81.4	80.3
Assassin's Creed	87.7	86.5
Valheim	86.6	85.5

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The computers participating in the comparisons not only were the equipped with different video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, 4K or FullHD. Therefore, the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. To be sure exactly how much performance the processor will be in games, if you compare it in one assembly with the video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Core i3-8300

60%

Pentium Gold 7505

240%

To make a finishing choice on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. The newer the processor generation, the better its performance in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Pentium Gold 7505 is more energy efficient than the Core i3-8300 since it has less power consumption: 62W vs. 15W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. And TDP should be taken into account when choosing a processor cooling system. It is necessary to calculate so that the TDP data specified in the cooler specification is greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

Let's say you plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for programming, video editing or video rendering, streaming, machine learning, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to reach maximum performance, the CPU turns on all cores and threads that it has. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to check whether the software you are going to use on your computer supports multi-threaded mode. Because there are still many programs that use only one core to work, and all the advantages of multi-core mode are unused.

Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	Intel Core i3-8300	Intel Pentium Gold 7505
Cinbench 15 Single-core	158	149
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	633	554
Cinbench 20 Single-core	409	348
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	1499	1276
Cinbench 23 Single-core	807	831
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	3131	2814

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Intel Core i3-8300	Intel Pentium Gold 7505
Single-Core	2288	2457
Multi-Core	6264	5561

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Intel Core i3-8300	Intel Pentium Gold 7505
Single-Core	1119	1082
Multi-Core	3754	2584

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the processor release date and overclocking capability will be the most useful. The newer the processor, the longer it will last in your computer. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system in the future. The same benefits from the presence of overclocking. When the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS in new games. The economy are obvious! Accordingly, you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	Intel Core i3-8300	Intel Pentium Gold 7505
Announcement date	July 07, 2018	January 01, 2021
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Socket	FCLGA1151	FCBGA1449
Core name	Coffee Lake	Tiger Lake
Architecture	x86	x86
Generation	8	11
Turbo Frequency		3.5 MHz
Frequency	3.7 MHz	2 MHz
Cores	4	2
Threads	4	4
Bus rate	8 GT/s	4 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Transistors count	4800 millions	2030 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	62 W	15 W
Memory type	DDR4-2400	DDR4-3200, LPDDR4x-3733
Max. Memory	64 Gb	64 Gb
Memory Frequency
Memory bandwidth	37.5 GB/s
L1 cache
L2 cache
L3 cache	8 MB	4 MB
Overclocking	No	Yes
Supports ECC	Yes	No
Part number	Expansion Options

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Core i3-8300 is 45% better than Pentium Gold 7505 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Core i3-8300 has 2 more core than Pentium Gold 7505. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i3-8300 is better: 26
The number of parameters for which Intel Pentium Gold 7505 is better: 8
However, it should be understood that all the data that you have looked at here do not mean that taking them into account you should totally trust a simple quantitative comparison. Better to watch the video tests and read the opinion of of people who bought Intel Core i3-8300 and Intel Pentium Gold 7505 before making a choice which processor to buy for gaming and which not.

Intel Core i3-8300 - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• Intel Core i3-8300 specs and review.

• Intel Pentium Gold 7505 specs and review.