Intel Xeon E5-4648 v3 vs Intel Pentium Silver N5000

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4648 v3 and Intel Pentium Silver N5000 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, 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 Xeon E5-4648 v3

Intel Pentium Silver N5000

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4648 v3

8 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 4
20 more threads: 24 vs 4
96x more maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 8 GB
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1317 vs 1136
3.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9061 vs 2620

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	12 vs 4
Number of threads	24 vs 4
Maximum memory size	768 GB vs 8 GB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1317 vs 1136
PassMark - CPU mark	9061 vs 2620

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Silver N5000

Around 23% higher clock speed: 2.70 GHz vs 2.20 GHz
Around 21% higher maximum core temperature: 105 °C vs 87°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
17.5x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 105 Watt

Maximum frequency	2.70 GHz vs 2.20 GHz
Maximum core temperature	105 °C vs 87°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt vs 105 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4648 v3
CPU 2: Intel Pentium Silver N5000

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1317

1136

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

9061

2620

Name	Intel Xeon E5-4648 v3	Intel Pentium Silver N5000
PassMark - Single thread mark	1317	1136
PassMark - CPU mark	9061	2620
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 E5-4648 v3	Intel Pentium Silver N5000
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Gemini Lake
Launch date	Q2'15	11 December 2017
Place in performance rating	1688	1677
Processor Number	E5-4648V3	N5000
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family	Intel® Pentium® Silver Processor Series
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Embedded	Mobile
Launch price (MSRP)		$161
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.70 GHz	1.10 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	87°C	105 °C
Maximum frequency	2.20 GHz	2.70 GHz
Number of cores	12	4
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	24	4
L2 cache		4 MB
Memory
Max memory channels	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	68 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB	8 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4/LPDDR4 upto 2400 MT/s
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4	1
Package Size	52.5mm x 51mm	25mm x 24mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	FCBGA1090
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	6 Watt
Scenario Design Power (SDP)		4.8 W
Thermal Solution		105 deg C
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40	6
PCI Express revision	3.0	2.0
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16	1x4 + 1x2 or 4x1 or 2x1+1x2 + 1x2
Scalability	4S
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
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Anti-Theft technology
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)	46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Smart Response technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
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