Xeon Gold 5220S vs Pentium Silver N5000

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon Gold 5220S processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2116	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Pentium Silver	Intel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency	24.32	no data
Architecture codename	Goldmont Plus (2017)	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	11 December 2017 (6 years ago)	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	$2,000

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon Gold 5220S 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)	18 (Octadeca-Core)
Threads	4	36
Base clock speed	1.1 GHz	2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.7 GHz	3.9 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	11	27
L1 cache	256 KB	1.125 MB
L2 cache	4 MB (shared)	18 MB
L3 cache	4 MB	24.75 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	93 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	87 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon Gold 5220S 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)	4 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCBGA1090	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon Gold 5220S. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon Gold 5220S technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon Gold 5220S are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon Gold 5220S. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size	8 GB	1 TB
Max memory channels	2	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel UHD Graphics 605	no data
Max video memory	8 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Graphics max frequency	750 MHz	no data
Execution Units	18	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon Gold 5220S 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 N5000 and Xeon Gold 5220S integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support

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no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver N5000 and Xeon Gold 5220S 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 N5000 and Xeon Gold 5220S.

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

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	11 December 2017	2 April 2019
Physical cores	4	18
Threads	4	36
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	125 Watt

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