Xeon Gold 5423N vs Pentium Gold G6400

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold G6400 and Xeon Gold 5423N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1735not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency4.24no data
Architecture codenameComet Lake (2020)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date30 April 2020 (4 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold G6400 and Xeon Gold 5423N 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)20 (Icosa-Core)
Threads440
Base clock speed4 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz4 GHz
Bus rate8 GT/sno data
L1 cache64K (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)37.5 MB
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °C83 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold G6400 and Xeon Gold 5423N 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 configuration11
SocketFCLGA1200FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)58 Watt145 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold G6400 and Xeon Gold 5423N. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Pentium Gold G6400 and Xeon Gold 5423N technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
Identity Protection+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold G6400 and Xeon Gold 5423N are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold G6400 and Xeon Gold 5423N. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR5-4000
Maximum memory size128 GB4 TB
Max memory channels28
Maximum memory bandwidth41.6 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 610no data
Max video memory64 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.05 GHzno data
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold G6400 and Xeon Gold 5423N integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold G6400 and Xeon Gold 5423N integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2160@30Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold G6400 and Xeon Gold 5423N integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold G6400 and Xeon Gold 5423N.

PCIe version3.04
PCI Express lanes1648

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 April 2020 10 January 2023
Physical cores 2 20
Threads 4 40
Power consumption (TDP) 58 Watt 145 Watt

Pentium Gold G6400 has 150% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5423N, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 900% more physical cores and 900% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Pentium Gold G6400 and Xeon Gold 5423N. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium Gold G6400 is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 5423N is a server/workstation one.


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