Xeon E-2388G vs Pentium Silver

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Silver
2020
1.96
Xeon E-2388G
2021
8 cores / 16 threads, 95 Watt
15.11
+671%

Xeon E-2388G outperforms Pentium Silver by a whopping 671% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver and Xeon E-2388G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1953475
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
Power efficiencyno data14.77
Architecture codenameno dataRocket Lake-E (2021)
Release date1 July 2020 (4 years ago)8 September 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver and Xeon E-2388G 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 coresno data8 (Octa-Core)
Threadsno data16
Base clock speedno data3.2 GHz
Boost clock speedno data5.1 GHz
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cacheno data512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data16 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyno data14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver and Xeon E-2388G 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 configurationno data1
Socketno dataFCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)no data95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver and Xeon E-2388G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+

Security technologies

Pentium Silver and Xeon E-2388G technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver and Xeon E-2388G are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver and Xeon E-2388G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-3200
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics P750
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.3 GHz
Execution Unitsno data32
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver and Xeon E-2388G integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data1

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver and Xeon E-2388G integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2160 @60 Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data5120 x 3200 @ 60 Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data5120 x 3200 @ 60 Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver and Xeon E-2388G integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver and Xeon E-2388G.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data44

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 1.96
Xeon E-2388G 15.11
+671%

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 3057
Xeon E-2388G 23546
+670%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.96 15.11
Recency 1 July 2020 8 September 2021

Xeon E-2388G has a 670.9% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 1 year.

The Xeon E-2388G is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium Silver is a notebook processor while Xeon E-2388G is a server/workstation one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Silver and Xeon E-2388G, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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