Xeon E5-4660 v4 vs Pentium Silver N5000

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Silver N5000
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.54
Xeon E5-4660 v4
2016
16 cores / 32 threads, 120 Watt
9.68
+529%

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 ranking2121788
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.81
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesIntel Pentium SilverIntel Xeon E5
Power efficiency24.297.63
Architecture codenameGoldmont Plus (2017)Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release date11 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.

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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 cores4 (Quad-Core)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads432
Base clock speed1.1 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz3 GHz
Bus typeno dataQPI
Bus rateno data2 × 9.6 GT/s
Multiplier1122
L1 cache56 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache4 MB (shared)4 MB
L3 cache4 MB40 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size93 mm2456.12 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C83 °C
Number of transistorsno data7200 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)4 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCBGA1090FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt120 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 extensionsIntel® SSE4.2Intel® 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 Accessno data-
Smart Response-no data
PAEno data46 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.

TXTno data+
EDB++
Secure Key++
MPX+-
Identity Protection+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEno 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 typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size8 GB1.5 TB
Max memory channels24
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/s68 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 605no data
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 E5-4660 v4 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 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.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.4no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon E5-4660 v4.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes640
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

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.

Pentium Silver N5000 1.54
Xeon E5-4660 v4 9.68
+529%

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.

Pentium Silver N5000 2442
Xeon E5-4660 v4 15375
+530%

Gaming 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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