Xeon E5420 vs Pentium Silver N5030

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver N5030 and Xeon E5420 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1962	2166
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.24
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Gemini Lake	no data
Architecture codename	Gemini Lake Refresh (2019)	no data
Release date	4 November 2019 (4 years ago)	1 October 2007 (16 years ago)
Current price	no data	$121

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N5030 and Xeon E5420 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)	no data
Threads	4	no data
Base clock speed	1.1 GHz	2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.1 GHz	no data
L2 cache	4 MB	no data
L3 cache	4 MB	12 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	67 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No
VID voltage range	no data	0.85V-1.35V

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N5030 and Xeon E5420 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	no data
Socket	FCBGA1090	LGA771
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and Xeon E5420. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	no data
AES-NI	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Smart Response	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	no data	+
GPIO	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
FSB parity	no data	+
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued

Security technologies

Pentium Silver N5030 and Xeon E5420 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
MPX	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	no data
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 N5030 and Xeon E5420 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and Xeon E5420. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	no data
Maximum memory size	8 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
ECC memory support	-	no data

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	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	750 MHz	no data
Execution Units	18	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver N5030 and Xeon E5420 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and Xeon E5420 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	+	no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096x2160@30Hz	no data
Max resolution over eDP	4096x2160@60Hz	no data
Max resolution over DisplayPort	4096x2160@60Hz	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver N5030 and Xeon E5420 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 N5030 and Xeon E5420.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	6	no data
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.

Pentium Silver N5030 outperforms Xeon E5420 by 28% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.68	1.31
Recency	4 November 2019	1 October 2007
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	80 Watt

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