Intel Itanium 9720 vs Intel Pentium Silver N5000

Comparative analysis of Intel Itanium 9720 and Intel Pentium Silver N5000 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Peripherals. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel Itanium 9720

Intel Pentium Silver N5000

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Itanium 9720

4 more threads: 8 vs 4

Number of threads	8 vs 4

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Silver N5000

Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 105 °C vs 95.0 C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
21.7x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 130 Watt

Maximum core temperature	105 °C vs 95.0 C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt vs 130 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Itanium 9720
CPU 2: Intel Pentium Silver N5000

Name	Intel Itanium 9720	Intel Pentium Silver N5000
PassMark - Single thread mark		1133
PassMark - CPU mark		2596
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		433
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1226
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		719
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2072
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3495
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		719
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2072
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3495

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Itanium 9720	Intel Pentium Silver N5000
Essentials
Architecture codename	Kittson	Gemini Lake
Launch date	Q2'17	11 December 2017
Place in performance rating	not rated	1612
Processor Number	9720	N5000
Series	Intel® Itanium® Processor 9700 Series	Intel® Pentium® Silver Processor Series
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Mobile
Launch price (MSRP)		$161
Performance
Base frequency	1.73 GHz	1.10 GHz
Bus Speed	6.4 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95.0 C	105 °C
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	8	4
64 bit support
L2 cache		4 MB
Maximum frequency		2.70 GHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Sockets supported	LGA1248	FCBGA1090
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	6 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		25mm x 24mm
Scenario Design Power (SDP)		4.8 W
Thermal Solution		105 deg C
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Anti-Theft technology
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Smart Response technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Itanium (VT-i)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Memory
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory size		8 GB
Supported memory types		DDR4/LPDDR4 upto 2400 MT/s
Graphics
Device ID		0x3184
Execution Units		18
Graphics base frequency		200 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		750 MHz
Max video memory		8 GB
Processor graphics		Intel® UHD Graphics 605
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
MIPI-DSI
Number of displays supported		3
Graphics image quality
4K resolution support
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
OpenGL		4.4
Peripherals
Integrated LAN
Integrated Wireless		Intel® Wireless-AC MAC
Max number of PCIe lanes		6
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports		2
Number of USB ports		8
PCI Express revision		2.0
PCIe configurations		1x4 + 1x2 or 4x1 or 2x1+1x2 + 1x2
Total number of SATA ports		2
UART
USB revision		2.0/3.0