Xeon Gold 5520 vs Pentium N3520

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium N3520 and Xeon Gold 5520 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2681not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesIntel Pentiumno data
Power efficiency9.12no data
Architecture codenameBay Trail-M (2013−2014)no data
Release date1 December 2013 (10 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium N3520 and Xeon Gold 5520 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads456
Base clock speed2.17 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.42 GHz4 GHz
L1 cache224 KBno data
L2 cache2 MBno data
L3 cache2 MB52.5 MB
Chip lithography22 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature105 °C85 °C
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium N3520 and Xeon Gold 5520 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 configuration1no data
SocketFCBGA1170FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)7.5 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium N3520 and Xeon Gold 5520. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Smart Connect+no data
RST-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Pentium N3520 and Xeon Gold 5520 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium N3520 and Xeon Gold 5520 are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium N3520 and Xeon Gold 5520. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3L-1333DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size8 GB4 TB
Max memory channels28
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Seriesno data
Graphics max frequency854 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium N3520 and Xeon Gold 5520 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium N3520 and Xeon Gold 5520.

PCIe version2.05.0
PCI Express lanes480
USB revision3.0 and 2.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Number of USB ports5no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 December 2013 1 October 2023
Physical cores 4 28
Threads 4 56
Power consumption (TDP) 7 Watt 205 Watt

Pentium N3520 has 2828.6% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5520, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, and 600% more physical cores and 1300% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Pentium N3520 and Xeon Gold 5520. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pentium N3520 is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 5520 is a server/workstation one.


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