Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3 vs Intel Pentium Gold 5405U

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3 and Intel Pentium Gold 5405U processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3

Intel Pentium Gold 5405U

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
4 more threads: 8 vs 4
Around 30% higher clock speed: 3.00 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
24x more maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 32 GB
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1754 vs 1305
3.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8447 vs 2250

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 2
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Maximum frequency	3.00 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
Maximum memory size	768 GB vs 32 GB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1754 vs 1305
PassMark - CPU mark	8447 vs 2250

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Gold 5405U

Around 15% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 87.025°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
5.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 85 Watt

Maximum core temperature	100°C vs 87.025°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 85 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3
CPU 2: Intel Pentium Gold 5405U

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1754

1305

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

8447

2250

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3	Intel Pentium Gold 5405U
PassMark - Single thread mark	1754	1305
PassMark - CPU mark	8447	2250
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		983
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1954
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1954
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3998
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3998

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3	Intel Pentium Gold 5405U
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Whiskey Lake
Launch date	Q3'14	23 January 2019
Place in performance rating	1350	1339
Processor Number	E5-2628 V3	5405U
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family	Intel® Pentium® Gold Processor Series
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Embedded	Mobile
Launch price (MSRP)		$161
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.50 GHz	2.30 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI	4 GT/s OPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	87.025°C	100°C
Maximum frequency	3.00 GHz	2.3 GHz
Number of cores	8	2
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	8	4
VID voltage range	0.65V–1.30V
L1 cache		128 KB
L2 cache		512 KB
L3 cache		2 MB
Memory
Max memory channels	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	68.3 GB/s	37.5 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB	32 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2133	DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866
ECC memory support
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	1
Package Size	52.5mm x 45mm	46x24
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	FCBGA1528
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	15 Watt
Configurable TDP		12.5 W
Configurable TDP-down		12.5 W
Configurable TDP-down Frequency		800 MHz
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40	12
PCI Express revision	3.0	2.0
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16	1x4, 2x2, 1x2+2x1 and 4x1
Scalability	2S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)	46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® My WiFi technology
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)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Graphics
Device ID		0x3EA1
Graphics base frequency		300 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		950 MHz
Graphics max frequency		950 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory		32 GB
Processor graphics		Intel® UHD Graphics 610
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported		3
Graphics image quality
4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort		4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP		4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4		4096x2304@24Hz
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
OpenGL		4.5