Xeon Platinum 8160M vs Pentium N4200

Place in performance ranking	2189	107
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	15.37
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Pentium	Intel Xeon Platinum
Architecture codename	Apollo Lake (2016)	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)
Release date	1 September 2016 (8 years ago)	25 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	$7,704

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium N4200 and Xeon Platinum 8160M 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 8160M 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 8160M. 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	-
Status	Launched	Launched
HD Audio	+	no data
RST	-	no data

Security technologies

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

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Boot	+	no data
Secure Key	+	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 8160M 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 8160M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3, DDR3, DDR4	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size	8 GB	1.5 TB
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 8160M 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 8160M 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 8160M.

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
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s 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.

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.

Pentium N4200 1.40

Xeon Platinum 8160M 34.37
+2355%

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.

Pentium N4200 2172

Xeon Platinum 8160M 53158
+2347%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.40	34.37
Recency	1 September 2016	25 April 2017
Physical cores	4	24
Threads	4	48
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	150 Watt

Pentium N4200 has 2400% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8160M, on the other hand, has a 2355% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 months, and 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads.

The Xeon Platinum 8160M is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium N4200 in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium N4200 is a notebook processor while Xeon Platinum 8160M is a server/workstation one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium N4200 and Xeon Platinum 8160M, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.