Xeon W-3323 vs Pentium Silver N5030

Place in the ranking	2074	403
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Gemini Lake	no data
Power efficiency	25.71	7.01
Architecture codename	Gemini Lake Refresh (2019)	Ice Lake-W (2021)
Release date	4 November 2019 (5 years ago)	29 July 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N5030 and Xeon W-3323 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)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	4	24
Base clock speed	1.1 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.1 GHz	3.9 GHz
Bus rate	no data	8 GT/s
L1 cache	no data	64K (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	84 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N5030 and Xeon W-3323 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	2
Socket	FCBGA1090	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	220 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and Xeon W-3323. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	-	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
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	-	-
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Pentium Silver N5030 and Xeon W-3323 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	-
OS Guard	+	no data
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and Xeon W-3323 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and Xeon W-3323. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	8 GB	4 TB
Max memory channels	2	8
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 N5030 and Xeon W-3323 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 N5030 and Xeon W-3323 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	+	no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096x2160@30Hz	no data
Max resolution over eDP	4096x2160@60Hz	no data
Max resolution over DisplayPort	4096x2160@60Hz	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and Xeon W-3323 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 N5030 and Xeon W-3323.

PCIe version	2.0	4
PCI Express lanes	6	64
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 N5030 1.63

Xeon W-3323 16.29
+899%

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 N5030 2595

Xeon W-3323 25875
+897%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.63	16.29
Recency	4 November 2019	29 July 2021
Physical cores	4	12
Threads	4	24
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	220 Watt

Pentium Silver N5030 has 3566.7% lower power consumption.

Xeon W-3323, on the other hand, has a 899.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon W-3323 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver N5030 in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium Silver N5030 is a notebook processor while Xeon W-3323 is a server/workstation one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Silver N5030 and Xeon W-3323, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.