Xeon Platinum 8160 vs Pentium N4200

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	2434	413
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.14	0.90
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Pentium	Intel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency	8.67	4.62
Designer	Intel	Intel
Architecture codename	Apollo Lake (2014−2016)	Skylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date	1 September 2016 (8 years ago)	25 April 2017 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	$4,702

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Platinum 8160 has 543% better value for money than Pentium N4200.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Pentium N4200 and Xeon Platinum 8160 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	4 (Quad-Core)	24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads	4	48
Base clock speed	1.1 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.5 GHz	3.7 GHz
Multiplier	no data	21
L1 cache	no data	1.5 MB
L2 cache	2 MB	24 MB
L3 cache	2 MB L2 Cache	33 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	85 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium N4200 and Xeon Platinum 8160 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	8 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCBGA1296	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium N4200 and Xeon Platinum 8160. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	-	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no 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
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
HD Audio	+	no data
RST	-	no data

Security technologies

Pentium N4200 and Xeon Platinum 8160 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium N4200 and Xeon Platinum 8160 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 N4200 and Xeon Platinum 8160. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3, DDR3, DDR4	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size	8 GB	768 GB
Max memory channels	2	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel HD Graphics 505	no data
Max video memory	8 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Clear Video	+	no data
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	750 MHz	no data
Execution Units	18	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium N4200 and Xeon Platinum 8160 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
MIPI-DSI	+	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium N4200 and Xeon Platinum 8160 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	+	no data
OpenGL	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium N4200 and Xeon Platinum 8160.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	6	48
USB revision	2.0/3.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	8	no data
Integrated LAN	-	no data
UART	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.30	17.31
Recency	1 September 2016	25 April 2017
Physical cores	4	24
Threads	4	48
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	150 Watt

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