Pentium Gold 5405U vs Xeon D-1537

Aggregate performance score

Xeon D-1537
2015
8 cores / 16 threads, 35 Watt
4.86
+216%

Xeon D-1537 outperforms Pentium Gold 5405U by a whopping 216% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon D-1537 and Pentium Gold 5405U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking12662143
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.85no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon DIntel Pentium, Pentium Gold
Power efficiency12.669.36
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)Whiskey Lake-U (2018−2019)
Release date1 November 2015 (8 years ago)23 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$470$161

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon D-1537 and Pentium Gold 5405U 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads164
Base clock speed1.7 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz2.3 GHz
Bus typeDMI 2.0OPI
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
Multiplier1723
L1 cache512 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB256 KB (per core)
L3 cache12 MB2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size246.24 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)80 °Cno data
Number of transistors3200 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon D-1537 and Pentium Gold 5405U 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCBGA1667FCBGA1528
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon D-1537 and Pentium Gold 5405U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
My WiFino data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX+-
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Smart Responseno data+
GPIO+no data

Security technologies

Xeon D-1537 and Pentium Gold 5405U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDB++
Secure Key++
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon D-1537 and Pentium Gold 5405U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon D-1537 and Pentium Gold 5405U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4, DDR3DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size128 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth34.124 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® UHD Graphics for 8th Generation Intel® Processors
Max video memoryno data32 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data950 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon D-1537 and Pentium Gold 5405U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
DVIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon D-1537 and Pentium Gold 5405U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon D-1537 and Pentium Gold 5405U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon D-1537 and Pentium Gold 5405U.

PCIe version2.0/3.02.0
PCI Express lanes2412
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports6no data
Number of USB ports8no 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.

Xeon D-1537 4.86
+216%
Pentium Gold 5405U 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 D-1537 7444
+216%
Pentium Gold 5405U 2357

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.86 1.54
Recency 1 November 2015 23 January 2019
Physical cores 8 2
Threads 16 4
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 15 Watt

Xeon D-1537 has a 215.6% higher aggregate performance score, and 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

Pentium Gold 5405U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and 133.3% lower power consumption.

The Xeon D-1537 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold 5405U in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon D-1537 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium Gold 5405U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon D-1537 and Pentium Gold 5405U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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