Xeon 6972P vs Pentium Silver N5000

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon 6972P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2113not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesIntel Pentium Silverno data
Power efficiency24.32no data
Architecture codenameGoldmont Plus (2017)Granite Rapids (2024)
Release date11 December 2017 (6 years ago)24 September 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon 6972P 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)96
Threads4192
Base clock speed1.1 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz3.9 GHz
Multiplier11no data
L1 cache56 KB (per core)112 KB (per core)
L2 cache4 MB (shared)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB480 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm5 nm
Die size93 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data80 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon 6972P 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)2
SocketFCBGA10907529
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt500 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon 6972P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI++
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift-no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon 6972P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
Identity Protection+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon 6972P are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon 6972P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 605N/A
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency750 MHzno data
Execution Units18no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon 6972P integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon 6972P integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon 6972P integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.4no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon 6972P.

PCIe version2.05.0
PCI Express lanes696
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports8no data
Integrated LAN-no data
UART+no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 December 2017 24 September 2024
Physical cores 4 96
Threads 4 192
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 500 Watt

Pentium Silver N5000 has 8233.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon 6972P, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, 2300% more physical cores and 4700% more threads, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon 6972P. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pentium Silver N5000 is a notebook processor while Xeon 6972P is a server/workstation one.


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