Xeon Silver 4510 vs Pentium Gold 8500

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold 8500 and Xeon Silver 4510 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	245
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	100.00
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Power efficiency	no data	13.57
Architecture codename	no data	Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date	1 January 2022 (2 years ago)	14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$563

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 8500 and Xeon Silver 4510 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	no data	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	6	24
Base clock speed	no data	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.4 GHz	4.1 GHz
L1 cache	no data	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	no data	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB Intel® Smart Cache	30 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	Intel 7 nm	Intel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	84 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 8500 and Xeon Silver 4510 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Socket	FCBGA1781	FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)	29 Watt	150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Xeon Silver 4510. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	-	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	-	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Deep Learning Boost	+	+

Security technologies

Pentium Gold 8500 and Xeon Silver 4510 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Xeon Silver 4510 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Xeon Silver 4510. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267	DDR5 @ 4400 MT/s (1 DPC &2DPC)
Maximum memory size	64 GB	4 TB
Max memory channels	2	8
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel® Processors	N/A
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz	no data
Execution Units	48	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 8500 and Xeon Silver 4510 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

4

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Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Xeon Silver 4510 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz	no data
Max resolution over eDP	4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz	no data
Max resolution over DisplayPort	7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Xeon Silver 4510 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold 8500 and Xeon Silver 4510.

PCIe version	no data	5
PCI Express lanes	14	80

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 January 2022	14 December 2023
Threads	6	24
Power consumption (TDP)	29 Watt	150 Watt

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