Xeon L5430 vs Pentium Silver N5000

Place in the ranking	2113	2183
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Pentium Silver	no data
Power efficiency	24.32	2.70
Architecture codename	Goldmont Plus (2017)	no data
Release date	11 December 2017 (6 years ago)	1 July 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon L5430 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)	no data
Threads	4	no data
Base clock speed	1.1 GHz	2.66 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.7 GHz	no data
Multiplier	11	no data
L1 cache	56 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	4 MB (shared)	no data
L3 cache	4 MB	12 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm
Die size	93 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	57 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
VID voltage range	no data	0.85V-1.35V

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon L5430 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)	no data
Socket	FCBGA1090	LGA771
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	50 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon L5430. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	no data
AES-NI	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Smart Response	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	no data	+
GPIO	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
FSB parity	no data	+

Security technologies

Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon L5430 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	no data
OS Guard	+	no data
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon L5430 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon L5430. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	no data
Maximum memory size	8 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	no data

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 L5430 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 L5430 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support

no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon L5430 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 L5430.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	6	no data
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.

Pentium Silver N5000 1.60
+8.1%

Xeon L5430 1.48

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
+8.1%

Xeon L5430 2260

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.60	1.48
Recency	11 December 2017	1 July 2008
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	50 Watt

Pentium Silver N5000 has a 8.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 733.3% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon L5430.

Be aware that Pentium Silver N5000 is a notebook processor while Xeon L5430 is a server/workstation one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon L5430, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.