Xeon Silver 4309Y vs Pentium A1018
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Silver 4309Y outperforms Pentium A1018 by a whopping 1471% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Pentium A1018 and Xeon Silver 4309Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2613 | 623 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Architecture codename | no data | Ice Lake-SP (2021) |
| Release date | 1 July 2013 (11 years ago) | 6 April 2021 (3 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Pentium A1018 and Xeon Silver 4309Y 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 cores | 2 (Dual-core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 16 |
| Base clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 2.8 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 3.6 GHz |
| Bus rate | 5 GT/s | no data |
| L1 cache | no data | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | no data | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 1 MB Intel® Smart Cache | 12 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 10 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 76 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium A1018 and Xeon Silver 4309Y 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 configuration | 1 | 2 |
| Socket | FCPGA988 | FCLGA4189 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 105 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium A1018 and Xeon Silver 4309Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| My WiFi | - | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Flex Memory Access | + | no data |
| FDI | + | no data |
| Fast Memory Access | + | no data |
| Status | Discontinued | Launched |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Pentium A1018 and Xeon Silver 4309Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® SPS |
| Anti-Theft | - | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium A1018 and Xeon Silver 4309Y are enumerated here.
| VT-d | - | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium A1018 and Xeon Silver 4309Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3/L/-RS 1333/1600 | DDR4-2667 |
| Maximum memory size | 32 GB | 6 TB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 8 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel® HD Graphics for 3rd Generation Intel® Processors | no data |
| Graphics max frequency | 1 GHz | no data |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pentium A1018 and Xeon Silver 4309Y integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 3 | no data |
| eDP | + | no data |
| DisplayPort | + | - |
| HDMI | + | - |
| SDVO | + | no data |
| CRT | + | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium A1018 and Xeon Silver 4309Y.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | 64 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.79 | 12.41 |
| Recency | 1 July 2013 | 6 April 2021 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 8 |
| Threads | 2 | 16 |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 105 Watt |
Pentium A1018 has 200% lower power consumption.
Xeon Silver 4309Y, on the other hand, has a 1470.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 120% more advanced lithography process.
The Xeon Silver 4309Y is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium A1018 in performance tests.
Be aware that Pentium A1018 is a notebook processor while Xeon Silver 4309Y is a server/workstation one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium A1018 and Xeon Silver 4309Y, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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