Intel Pentium Silver N6005 vs Intel Xeon E3-1268L v5

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium Silver N6005 and Intel Xeon E3-1268L v5 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

Intel Pentium Silver N6005

Intel Xeon E3-1268L v5

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Silver N6005

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 14 nm
3.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 35 Watt
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1768 vs 1721

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1768 vs 1721

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1268L v5

Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.40 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
4x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 16 GB
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6334 vs 5351

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.40 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
Maximum memory size	64 GB vs 16 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	6334 vs 5351

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium Silver N6005
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E3-1268L v5

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1768

1721

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

5351

6334

Name	Intel Pentium Silver N6005	Intel Xeon E3-1268L v5
PassMark - Single thread mark	1768	1721
PassMark - CPU mark	5351	6334

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Pentium Silver N6005	Intel Xeon E3-1268L v5
Essentials
Architecture codename	Jasper Lake	Skylake
Launch date	Q1'21	Q4'15
Place in performance rating	1417	1429
Processor Number	N6005	E3-1268LV5
Series	Intel Pentium Silver Processor Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v5 Family
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Mobile	Embedded
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.00 GHz	2.40 GHz
L3 cache	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	105°C
Maximum frequency	3.30 GHz	3.40 GHz
Bus Speed		8 GT/s DMI3
Number of cores		4
Number of threads		8
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory size	16 GB	64 GB
Supported memory frequency	2933 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4 LPDDR4x	DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V
Maximum memory bandwidth		34.1 GB/s
Graphics
Device ID	0x4E71	0x191D
Execution Units	32
Graphics base frequency	450 MHz	350 MHz
Graphics max frequency	900 MHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics	Intel UHD Graphics	Intel® HD Graphics P530
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.00 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Max video memory		64 GB
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
MIPI-DSI
Number of displays supported	3	3
DVI
Graphics image quality
4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort	4096x2160@60Hz	4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP	4096x2160@60Hz	4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4		4096x2304@24Hz
Graphics API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Package Size	35mm x 24mm	37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported	FCBGA1338	FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	35 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Peripherals
Integrated LAN
Integrated Wireless	Intel Wireless-AX MAC
Max number of PCIe lanes	8	16
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	2
Number of USB ports	14
UART
USB revision	2.0/3.2
PCI Express revision		3.0
PCIe configurations		1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability		1S Only
Security & Reliability
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Secure Boot
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® Secure Key technology
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Smart Response technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)