Intel Xeon E3-1284L v3 vs Intel Pentium Silver N5000

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E3-1284L v3 and Intel Pentium Silver N5000 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support. Benchmark processor performance analysis: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1284L v3

  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • Around 19% higher clock speed: 3.20 GHz vs 2.70 GHz
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 8 GB
Number of threads 8 vs 4
Maximum frequency 3.20 GHz vs 2.70 GHz
Maximum memory size 32 GB vs 8 GB

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Silver N5000

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 105 °C vs 100 °C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 7.8x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 47 Watt
Launch date 11 December 2017 vs 1 March 2014
Maximum core temperature 105 °C vs 100 °C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm
L2 cache 4 MB vs 1 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt vs 47 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E3-1284L v3
CPU 2: Intel Pentium Silver N5000

Name Intel Xeon E3-1284L v3 Intel Pentium Silver N5000
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 11.603
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 90.521
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 15.649
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 25.273
PassMark - Single thread mark 1136
PassMark - CPU mark 2617
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 Xeon E3-1284L v3 Intel Pentium Silver N5000

Essentials

Architecture codename Crystal Well Gemini Lake
Family Xeon E3
Launch date 1 March 2014 11 December 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $662 $161
Place in performance rating 1686 1678
Processor Number E3-1284L v3 N5000
Vertical segment Embedded Mobile
Series Intel® Pentium® Silver Processor Series
Status Launched

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1.80 GHz 1.10 GHz
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI
L1 cache 256 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 4 MB
L3 cache 6 MB
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 100 °C 105 °C
Maximum frequency 3.20 GHz 2.70 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of threads 8 4
Unlocked

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB 8 GB
Supported memory types DDR3L 1333/1600 DDR4/LPDDR4 upto 2400 MT/s

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 750 MHz 200 MHz
Graphics max frequency 1.00 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 Intel® UHD Graphics 605
Device ID 0x3184
Execution Units 18
Graphics max dynamic frequency 750 MHz
Max video memory 8 GB

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3 3
VGA
MIPI-DSI

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FCBGA1364 FCBGA1090
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 47 Watt 6 Watt
Package Size 25mm x 24mm
Scenario Design Power (SDP) 4.8 W
Thermal Solution 105 deg C

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16 6
PCI Express revision 3.0 2.0
PCIe configurations 1x16, 2x8, 1x8 2x4 1x4 + 1x2 or 4x1 or 2x1+1x2 + 1x2
Integrated LAN
Integrated Wireless Intel® Wireless-AC MAC
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports 2
Number of USB ports 8
Total number of SATA ports 2
UART
USB revision 2.0/3.0

Security & Reliability

Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Smart Response technology
Speed Shift technology

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.4