Pentium Gold 6405U vs Xeon Silver 4110

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4110 and Pentium Gold 6405U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1047	2028
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	6.19	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon Silver	Intel Comet Lake
Power efficiency	7.17	10.90
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	Comet Lake-U (2019−2020)
Release date	11 July 2017 (7 years ago)	31 October 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$501	$161

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4110 and Pentium Gold 6405U 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	8 (Octa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	16	4
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus rate	no data	4 GT/s
Multiplier	21	no data
L1 cache	512 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	8 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	11 MB	2 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	77 °C	100 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4110 and Pentium Gold 6405U 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	2 (Multiprocessor)	1
Socket	FCLGA3647	FCBGA1528
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4110 and Pentium Gold 6405U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
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	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4110 and Pentium Gold 6405U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	-
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	no data	+
Identity Protection	-	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4110 and Pentium Gold 6405U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4110 and Pentium Gold 6405U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4
Maximum memory size	768 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	6	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	115.212 GB/s	37.5 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	Intel® UHD Graphics for 10th Gen Intel® Processors
Max video memory	no data	32 GB
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Clear Video	no data	+
Clear Video HD	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	950 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon Silver 4110 and Pentium Gold 6405U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	no data	3
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+
DVI	no data	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon Silver 4110 and Pentium Gold 6405U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	no data	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDP	no data	4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon Silver 4110 and Pentium Gold 6405U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	12
OpenGL	no data	4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4110 and Pentium Gold 6405U.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	48	12

Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	6.56	1.76
Recency	11 July 2017	31 October 2019
Physical cores	8	2
Threads	16	4
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	15 Watt

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