Pentium Silver N5000 vs Xeon E3-1505M v5

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E3-1505M v5
2015
4 cores / 8 threads, 45 Watt
4.55
+184%
Pentium Silver N5000
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.60

Xeon E3-1505M v5 outperforms Pentium Silver N5000 by a whopping 184% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1505M v5 and Pentium Silver N5000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking13372115
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.74no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon E3Intel Pentium Silver
Power efficiency9.2224.32
Architecture codenameSkylake-H (2015−2016)Goldmont Plus (2017)
Release date1 September 2015 (9 years ago)11 December 2017 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$434$161

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1505M v5 and Pentium Silver N5000 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads84
Base clock speed2.8 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz2.7 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier2811
L1 cache256 KB256 KB
L2 cache1 MB4 MB (shared)
L3 cache8 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size122 mm293 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C105 °C
Number of transistors2,300 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1505M v5 and Pentium Silver N5000 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCBGA1440FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1505M v5 and Pentium Silver N5000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data-
My WiFi+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
TSX+-
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access+no data
SIPP+-
Smart Response+-
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1505M v5 and Pentium Silver N5000 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB++
Secure Key++
MPX++
Identity Protection++
SGXYes with Intel® MEYes with Intel® ME
OS Guard++
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1505M v5 and Pentium Silver N5000 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1505M v5 and Pentium Silver N5000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth34.134 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel HD Graphics P530Intel UHD Graphics 605
Max video memory1.7 GB8 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.05 GHz750 MHz
Execution Unitsno data18
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E3-1505M v5 and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
DVI+no data
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E3-1505M v5 and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support++
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over VGAN/Ano data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E3-1505M v5 and Pentium Silver N5000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX1212
OpenGL4.44.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1505M v5 and Pentium Silver N5000.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes166
USB revisionno data2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data8
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno 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.

Xeon E3-1505M v5 4.55
+184%
Pentium Silver N5000 1.60

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.

Xeon E3-1505M v5 6960
+185%
Pentium Silver N5000 2442

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Xeon E3-1505M v5 1181
+241%
Pentium Silver N5000 346

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Xeon E3-1505M v5 3630
+323%
Pentium Silver N5000 858

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Xeon E3-1505M v5 5560
+142%
Pentium Silver N5000 2295

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Xeon E3-1505M v5 21436
+221%
Pentium Silver N5000 6688

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Xeon E3-1505M v5 7024
+112%
Pentium Silver N5000 3320

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Xeon E3-1505M v5 7.8
+116%
Pentium Silver N5000 16.83

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Xeon E3-1505M v5 8
+183%
Pentium Silver N5000 3

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Xeon E3-1505M v5 725
+206%
Pentium Silver N5000 237

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Xeon E3-1505M v5 158
+102%
Pentium Silver N5000 78

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Xeon E3-1505M v5 1.78
+89.4%
Pentium Silver N5000 0.94

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Xeon E3-1505M v5 4
+108%
Pentium Silver N5000 1.9

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Xeon E3-1505M v5 45
+192%
Pentium Silver N5000 15

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Xeon E3-1505M v5 166
+118%
Pentium Silver N5000 76

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Xeon E3-1505M v5 3846
+209%
Pentium Silver N5000 1245

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Xeon E3-1505M v5 13505
+143%
Pentium Silver N5000 5548

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Xeon E3-1505M v5 3713
+109%
Pentium Silver N5000 1778

Geekbench 2

Xeon E3-1505M v5 12131
+152%
Pentium Silver N5000 4819

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.55 1.60
Integrated graphics card 2.78 1.17
Recency 1 September 2015 11 December 2017
Threads 8 4
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 6 Watt

Xeon E3-1505M v5 has a 184.4% higher aggregate performance score, 137.6% faster integrated GPU, and 100% more threads.

Pentium Silver N5000, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 650% lower power consumption.

The Xeon E3-1505M v5 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Silver N5000 in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon E3-1505M v5 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium Silver N5000 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E3-1505M v5 and Pentium Silver N5000, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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