Xeon Gold 5415+ vs Pentium Silver N6000

#ad 
Buy on Amazon
VS

Aggregate performance score

Pentium Silver N6000
2021
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.97
Xeon Gold 5415+
2023
8 cores / 16 threads, 150 Watt
16.13
+719%

Xeon Gold 5415+ outperforms Pentium Silver N6000 by a whopping 719% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver N6000 and Xeon Gold 5415+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking1856384
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
Architecture codenameJasper Lake (2021)Sapphire Rapids
Release date11 January 2021 (3 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver N6000 and Xeon Gold 5415+ 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads416
Base clock speed1.1 GHz2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz4.1 GHz
L1 cacheno data80K (per core)
L2 cache1.5 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB22.5 MB
Chip lithography10 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data78 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver N6000 and Xeon Gold 5415+ 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 configuration12
SocketFCBGA13384677
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Xeon Gold 5415+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI++
AVXno data+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
TSXno data+
Thermal Monitoring+no data
GPIO+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
StatusLaunchedno data

Security technologies

Pentium Silver N6000 and Xeon Gold 5415+ technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
Identity Protection+no data
SGX-no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Xeon Gold 5415+ are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Xeon Gold 5415+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size16 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
ECC memory support-no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphicsno data
Quick Sync Video+no data
Graphics max frequency850 MHzno data
Execution Units32no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver N6000 and Xeon Gold 5415+ integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+no data
HDMI+no data
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Xeon Gold 5415+ integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2160@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2160@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Xeon Gold 5415+ integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver N6000 and Xeon Gold 5415+.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanes880
USB revision2.0/3.2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports14no 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 Silver N6000 1.97
Xeon Gold 5415+ 16.13
+719%

Xeon Gold 5415+ outperforms Pentium Silver N6000 by 719% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Pentium Silver N6000 3053
Xeon Gold 5415+ 24951
+717%

Xeon Gold 5415+ outperforms Pentium Silver N6000 by 717% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.97 16.13
Recency 11 January 2021 10 January 2023
Physical cores 4 8
Threads 4 16
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 150 Watt

The Xeon Gold 5415+ is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver N6000 in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium Silver N6000 is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 5415+ is a server/workstation one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Silver N6000 and Xeon Gold 5415+, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite CPU.


Intel Pentium Silver N6000
Pentium Silver N6000
Intel Xeon Gold 5415+
Xeon Gold 5415+

Similar processor comparisons

We picked several similar comparisons of processors in the same market segment and performance relatively close to those reviewed on this page.

Community ratings

Here you can see how users rate the processors, as well as rate them yourself.


3.6 587 votes

Rate Pentium Silver N6000 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
4.3 3 votes

Rate Xeon Gold 5415 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about Pentium Silver N6000 or Xeon Gold 5415+, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.