Xeon E7-8890 v4 vs Pentium Gold G5400
Aggregate performance score
Pentium Gold G5400 outperforms Xeon E7-8890 v4 by an impressive 83% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2049 | 2546 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 5.74 | no data |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Server |
| Series | Intel Pentium Gold | Intel Xeon E7 |
| Power efficiency | 1.77 | 0.30 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | Intel | no data |
| Architecture codename | Coffee Lake (2017−2019) | Broadwell (2015−2019) |
| Release date | 2 April 2018 (7 years ago) | 20 June 2016 (9 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $64 | $7,174 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Pentium Gold G5400 and Xeon E7-8890 v4 have a nearly equal value for money.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Pentium Gold G5400 and Xeon E7-8890 v4 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) | 24 (Tetracosa-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 48 |
| Base clock speed | 3.7 GHz | 2.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.7 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 3.0 | QPI |
| Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | 3 × 9.6 GT/s |
| Multiplier | 37 | no data |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | no data |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | 6 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 60 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 126 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 79 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 72 °C | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium Gold G5400 and Xeon E7-8890 v4 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 (Uniprocessor) | 8 (Multiprocessor) |
| Socket | FCLGA1151 | FCLGA2011 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 58 Watt | 165 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold G5400 and Xeon E7-8890 v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 | Intel® AVX2 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Idle States | + | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | + |
| Flex Memory Access | no data | - |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | - |
| PAE | no data | 46 Bit |
Security technologies
Pentium Gold G5400 and Xeon E7-8890 v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| MPX | + | - |
| Identity Protection | + | - |
| SGX | Yes with Intel® ME | no data |
| OS Guard | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold G5400 and Xeon E7-8890 v4 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold G5400 and Xeon E7-8890 v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2400 | DDR4-1333, DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600 |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | 3 TB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 4 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 38.397 GB/s | 85 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel UHD Graphics 610 | no data |
| Max video memory | 64 GB | no data |
| Quick Sync Video | + | - |
| Clear Video | + | no data |
| Clear Video HD | + | no data |
| Graphics max frequency | 1.05 GHz | no data |
| InTru 3D | + | no data |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold G5400 and Xeon E7-8890 v4 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 3 | no data |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold G5400 and Xeon E7-8890 v4 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| 4K resolution support | + | no data |
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | 4096x2304@24Hz | no data |
| Max resolution over eDP | 4096x2304@60Hz | no data |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | 4096x2304@60Hz | no data |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Pentium Gold G5400 and Xeon E7-8890 v4 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | 12 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold G5400 and Xeon E7-8890 v4.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | 32 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.12 | 1.16 |
| Recency | 2 April 2018 | 20 June 2016 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 24 |
| Threads | 4 | 48 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 58 Watt | 165 Watt |
Pentium Gold G5400 has a 82.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and 184.5% lower power consumption.
Xeon E7-8890 v4, on the other hand, has 1100% more physical cores and 1100% more threads.
The Intel Pentium Gold G5400 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Xeon E7-8890 v4 in performance tests.
Note that Pentium Gold G5400 is a desktop processor while Xeon E7-8890 v4 is a server/workstation one.
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