Xeon Gold 5520 vs Pentium Silver A1030

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver A1030 and Xeon Gold 5520 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Release date	1 July 2020 (4 years ago)	1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver A1030 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads	2	56
Base clock speed	2 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.7 GHz	4 GHz
L3 cache	4 MB	52.5 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	Intel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature	105 deg C	85 °C
64 bit support	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver A1030 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 configuration	1	no data
Socket	FCBGA1090	FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Xeon Gold 5520. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
vPro	-	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	-	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Smart Response	-	no data
GPIO	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Pentium Silver A1030 and Xeon Gold 5520 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
MPX	+	-
Identity Protection	+	-
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	Yes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard	+	+
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Xeon Gold 5520 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Xeon Gold 5520. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	upto-2400	DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size	8 GB	4 TB
Max memory channels	2	8
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Max video memory	8 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Graphics max frequency	700 GHz	no data
Execution Units	12	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver A1030 and Xeon Gold 5520 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
MIPI-DSI	+	no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Xeon Gold 5520 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support

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no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Xeon Gold 5520 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	no data
OpenGL	4.4	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Xeon Gold 5520.

PCIe version	2.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	6	80
USB revision	2.0/3.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	8	no data
Integrated LAN	-	no data
UART	+	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 July 2020	1 October 2023
Physical cores	2	28
Threads	2	56
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	205 Watt

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