Xeon Gold 5403N vs Pentium 3556U

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 3556U and Xeon Gold 5403N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2728not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesIntel Pentiumno data
Power efficiency4.19no data
Architecture codenameHaswell (2013−2015)no data
Release date1 September 2013 (11 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium 3556U and Xeon Gold 5403N basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads224
Base clock speed1.7 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed1.7 GHz3.9 GHz
Bus rate5 GT/sno data
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache256K (per core)no data
L3 cache2 MB (shared)22.5 MB
Chip lithography22 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size118 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °C85 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)105 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 3556U and Xeon Gold 5403N compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1no data
SocketFCBGA1168FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt115 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 3556U and Xeon Gold 5403N. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512, Intel® AVX
AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Smart Connect+no data
FDI-no data
AMT9.5no data
Matrix Storage-no data
HD Audio+no data
RST+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Pentium 3556U and Xeon Gold 5403N technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard-+
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 3556U and Xeon Gold 5403N are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-d-+
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 3556U and Xeon Gold 5403N. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5-4000
Maximum memory size16 GB4 TB
Max memory channels28
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel® Processorsno data
Clear Video+no data
Graphics max frequency1 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 3556U and Xeon Gold 5403N integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 3556U and Xeon Gold 5403N.

PCIe version2.04
PCI Express lanes1048
PCI support-no data
USB revision3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Integrated IDE-no data
Number of USB ports4no data
Integrated LAN-no data
UART+no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2013 1 October 2023
Physical cores 2 12
Threads 2 24
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 115 Watt

Pentium 3556U has 666.7% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5403N, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, and 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Pentium 3556U and Xeon Gold 5403N. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pentium 3556U is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 5403N is a server/workstation one.


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