Xeon Gold 5420+ vs Pentium Silver N6000

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Silver N6000
2021
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.91
Xeon Gold 5420+
2023
28 cores / 56 threads, 205 Watt
36.65
+1819%

Xeon Gold 5420+ outperforms Pentium Silver N6000 by a whopping 1819% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver N6000 and Xeon Gold 5420+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking197195
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data59.38
Market segmentLaptopServer
Power efficiency30.1116.91
Architecture codenameJasper Lake (2021)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date11 January 2021 (3 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,848

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N6000 and Xeon Gold 5420+ 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)28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads456
Base clock speed1.1 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz4.1 GHz
L1 cacheno data80K (per core)
L2 cache1.5 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB52.5 MB
Chip lithography10 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data84 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N6000 and Xeon Gold 5420+ 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 configuration12
SocketFCBGA13384677
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Xeon Gold 5420+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Pentium Silver N6000 and Xeon Gold 5420+ technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
Identity Protection+-
SGX-no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Xeon Gold 5420+ are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Xeon Gold 5420+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size16 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphicsno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency850 MHzno data
Execution Units32no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver N6000 and Xeon Gold 5420+ 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 N6000 and Xeon Gold 5420+ integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2160@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2160@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Xeon Gold 5420+ integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Xeon Gold 5420+.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanes880
USB revision2.0/3.2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports14no 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 N6000 1.91
Xeon Gold 5420+ 36.65
+1819%

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 N6000 3037
Xeon Gold 5420+ 58209
+1817%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.91 36.65
Recency 11 January 2021 10 January 2023
Physical cores 4 28
Threads 4 56
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 205 Watt

Pentium Silver N6000 has 3316.7% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5420+, on the other hand, has a 1818.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and 600% more physical cores and 1300% more threads.

The Xeon Gold 5420+ is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver N6000 in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium Silver N6000 is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 5420+ is a server/workstation one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Silver N6000 and Xeon Gold 5420+, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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