Pentium Silver N5000 vs Xeon Bronze 3104

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon Bronze 3104
2017
6 cores / 6 threads, 85 Watt
2.79
+81.2%
Pentium Silver N5000
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.54

Xeon Bronze 3104 outperforms Pentium Silver N5000 by an impressive 81% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Bronze 3104 and Pentium Silver N5000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking16772121
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.12no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon BronzeIntel Pentium Silver
Power efficiency3.1124.29
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Goldmont Plus (2017)
Release date11 July 2017 (7 years ago)11 December 2017 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$213$161

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Bronze 3104 and Pentium Silver N5000 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads64
Base clock speed1.7 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed1.7 GHz2.7 GHz
Multiplier1711
L1 cache384 KB56 KB (per core)
L2 cache6 MB4 MB (shared)
L3 cache8.25 MB4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data93 mm2
Maximum core temperature78 °C105 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Bronze 3104 and Pentium Silver N5000 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 configuration2 (Multiprocessor)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCLGA3647FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Bronze 3104 and Pentium Silver N5000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+-
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
TSX+-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0--

Security technologies

Xeon Bronze 3104 and Pentium Silver N5000 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Bronze 3104 and Pentium Silver N5000 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Bronze 3104 and Pentium Silver N5000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2133DDR4
Maximum memory size768 GB8 GB
Max memory channels62
Maximum memory bandwidth102.403 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics 605
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data750 MHz
Execution Unitsno data18

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon Bronze 3104 and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon Bronze 3104 and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon Bronze 3104 and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Bronze 3104 and Pentium Silver N5000.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes486
USB revisionno data2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data8
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno 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.

Xeon Bronze 3104 2.79
+81.2%
Pentium Silver N5000 1.54

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.

Xeon Bronze 3104 4437
+81.7%
Pentium Silver N5000 2442

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Xeon Bronze 3104 553
+59.4%
Pentium Silver N5000 347

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Xeon Bronze 3104 2222
+159%
Pentium Silver N5000 859

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.79 1.54
Recency 11 July 2017 11 December 2017
Physical cores 6 4
Threads 6 4
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 6 Watt

Xeon Bronze 3104 has a 81.2% higher aggregate performance score, and 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads.

Pentium Silver N5000, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 months, and 1316.7% lower power consumption.

The Xeon Bronze 3104 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver N5000 in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon Bronze 3104 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium Silver N5000 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Bronze 3104 and Pentium Silver N5000, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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