Xeon E-2478 vs Pentium Silver J5005

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver J5005 and Xeon E-2478 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1934	311
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.59	82.50
Market segment	Desktop processor	Server
Series	Intel Pentium Silver	no data
Power efficiency	18.51	22.22
Architecture codename	Goldmont Plus (2017)	Raptor Lake-S (2023−2024)
Release date	11 December 2017 (6 years ago)	14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	$568

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon E-2478 has 5089% better value for money than Pentium Silver J5005.

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver J5005 and Xeon E-2478 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)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	4	16
Base clock speed	1.5 GHz	2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	5.2 GHz
Bus rate	no data	16 GT/s
Multiplier	15	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	93 mm2	257 mm2
Maximum core temperature	105 deg C	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	72 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver J5005 and Xeon E-2478 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)	1
Socket	FCBGA1090	FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and Xeon E-2478. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Pentium Silver J5005 and Xeon E-2478 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	+
MPX	+	-
Identity Protection	+	-
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	no data
OS Guard	+	+
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and Xeon E-2478 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and Xeon E-2478. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	upto-2400	DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size	8 GB	128 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel UHD Graphics 605	N/A
Max video memory	8 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz	no data
Execution Units	18	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver J5005 and Xeon E-2478 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and Xeon E-2478 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support

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no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and Xeon E-2478 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	no data
OpenGL	4.4	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver J5005 and Xeon E-2478.

PCIe version	2.0	5
PCI Express lanes	6	16
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.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	2.03	19.49
Recency	11 December 2017	14 December 2023
Physical cores	4	8
Threads	4	16
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	80 Watt

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