Xeon E-2488 vs Pentium N3700

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium N3700
2015
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
0.71
Xeon E-2488
2023
8 cores / 16 threads, 95 Watt
18.14
+2455%

Xeon E-2488 outperforms Pentium N3700 by a whopping 2455% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2895384
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.0426.85
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesIntel Pentiumno data
Power efficiency5.018.09
DesignerIntelIntel
Manufacturerno dataIntel
Architecture codenameBraswell (2015−2016)Raptor Lake-S (2023−2024)
Release date1 April 2015 (10 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161$606

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon E-2488 has 67025% better value for money than Pentium N3700.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Pentium N3700 and Xeon E-2488 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Performance-coresno data8
Threads416
Base clock speed1.6 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz5.6 GHz
Bus typeIDIno data
Bus rateno data16 GT/s
L1 cacheno data80 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data257 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium N3700 and Xeon E-2488 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketFCBGA1170FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium N3700 and Xeon E-2488. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology-2
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Smart Connect-no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
HD Audio+no data
RST-no data

Security technologies

Pentium N3700 and Xeon E-2488 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
Secure Boot+no data
Identity Protection+-
OS Guard-+
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium N3700 and Xeon E-2488 are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-x++
VT-i-no data
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium N3700 and Xeon E-2488. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size8 GB128 GB
Max memory channels22
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics for Intel Celeron Processor N3000 SeriesN/A
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency700 MHzno data
Execution Units16no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium N3700 and Xeon E-2488 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium N3700 and Xeon E-2488 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX+no data
OpenGL+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium N3700 and Xeon E-2488.

PCIe version2.05
PCI Express lanes420
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Number of USB ports5no data
Integrated LAN-no data
UART+no data

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.

Pentium N3700 0.71
Xeon E-2488 18.14
+2455%

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.

Pentium N3700 1248
Samples: 1003
Xeon E-2488 31962
+2461%
Samples: 121

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.71 18.14
Recency 1 April 2015 14 December 2023
Physical cores 4 8
Threads 4 16
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 95 Watt

Pentium N3700 has 1483.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon E-2488, on the other hand, has a 2454.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, and 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

The Intel Xeon E-2488 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium N3700 in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium N3700 is a notebook processor while Xeon E-2488 is a server/workstation one.

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