Xeon E5-4660 v4 vs Pentium Silver N5000
Aggregate performance score
Xeon E5-4660 v4 outperforms Pentium Silver N5000 by a whopping 529% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon E5-4660 v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in the ranking | 2121 | 788 |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 0.81 |
Market segment | Laptop | Server |
Series | Intel Pentium Silver | Intel Xeon E5 |
Power efficiency | 24.29 | 7.63 |
Architecture codename | Goldmont Plus (2017) | Broadwell (2015−2019) |
Release date | 11 December 2017 (6 years ago) | 20 June 2016 (8 years ago) |
Launch price (MSRP) | $161 | $4,727 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon E5-4660 v4 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) |
Threads | 4 | 32 |
Base clock speed | 1.1 GHz | 2.2 GHz |
Boost clock speed | 2.7 GHz | 3 GHz |
Bus type | no data | QPI |
Bus rate | no data | 2 × 9.6 GT/s |
Multiplier | 11 | 22 |
L1 cache | 56 KB (per core) | no data |
L2 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 4 MB |
L3 cache | 4 MB | 40 MB |
Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
Die size | 93 mm2 | 456.12 mm2 |
Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | 83 °C |
Number of transistors | no data | 7200 Million |
64 bit support | + | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon E5-4660 v4 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 (Uniprocessor) | 4 (Multiprocessor) |
Socket | FCBGA1090 | FCLGA2011 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 6 Watt | 120 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon E5-4660 v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.2 | Intel® AVX2 |
AES-NI | + | + |
AVX | - | + |
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
Speed Shift | - | no data |
Turbo Boost Technology | - | 2.0 |
Hyper-Threading Technology | - | + |
TSX | - | + |
Idle States | + | + |
Thermal Monitoring | + | + |
Flex Memory Access | no data | - |
Smart Response | - | no data |
PAE | no data | 46 Bit |
GPIO | + | no data |
Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - | no data |
Security technologies
Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon E5-4660 v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
TXT | no data | + |
EDB | + | + |
Secure Key | + | + |
MPX | + | - |
Identity Protection | + | - |
SGX | Yes with Intel® ME | no data |
OS Guard | + | + |
Anti-Theft | - | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon E5-4660 v4 are enumerated here.
VT-d | + | + |
VT-x | + | + |
EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon E5-4660 v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR4 |
Maximum memory size | 8 GB | 1.5 TB |
Max memory channels | 2 | 4 |
Maximum memory bandwidth | 38.397 GB/s | 68 GB/s |
ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
Integrated graphics card | Intel UHD Graphics 605 | no data |
Max video memory | 8 GB | no data |
Quick Sync Video | + | - |
Graphics max frequency | 750 MHz | no data |
Execution Units | 18 | no data |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon E5-4660 v4 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 N5000 and Xeon E5-4660 v4 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
4K resolution support | + | no data |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon E5-4660 v4 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 N5000 and Xeon E5-4660 v4.
PCIe version | 2.0 | 3.0 |
PCI Express lanes | 6 | 40 |
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 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
Performance score | 1.54 | 9.68 |
Recency | 11 December 2017 | 20 June 2016 |
Physical cores | 4 | 16 |
Threads | 4 | 32 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 6 Watt | 120 Watt |
Pentium Silver N5000 has an age advantage of 1 year, and 1900% lower power consumption.
Xeon E5-4660 v4, on the other hand, has a 528.6% higher aggregate performance score, and 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads.
The Xeon E5-4660 v4 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver N5000 in performance tests.
Be aware that Pentium Silver N5000 is a notebook processor while Xeon E5-4660 v4 is a server/workstation one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon E5-4660 v4, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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