Pentium Silver N5030 vs Xeon E5-1603 v4

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-1603 v4 and Pentium Silver N5030 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1534	1946
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	6.70	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon E5	Intel Gemini Lake
Architecture codename	Broadwell (2015−2019)	Gemini Lake Refresh (2019)
Release date	20 June 2016 (7 years ago)	4 November 2019 (4 years ago)
Current price	$66	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-1603 v4 and Pentium Silver N5030 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	2.8 GHz	1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	3.1 GHz
Bus support	5 GT/s	no data
L2 cache	1 MB	4 MB
L3 cache	10 MB	4 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	246.24 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	69 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	3200 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-1603 v4 and Pentium Silver N5030 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	1
Socket	FCLGA2011-3	FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-1603 v4 and Pentium Silver N5030. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	no data
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	-
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
TSX	+	no data
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Smart Response	no data	-
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data
GPIO	no data	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	-
Status	Launched	Discontinued

Security technologies

Xeon E5-1603 v4 and Pentium Silver N5030 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-1603 v4 and Pentium Silver N5030 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-1603 v4 and Pentium Silver N5030. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133	DDR4
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	8 GB
Max memory channels	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	68 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

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

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E5-1603 v4 and Pentium Silver N5030 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E5-1603 v4 and Pentium Silver N5030 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

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

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E5-1603 v4 and Pentium Silver N5030 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	12
OpenGL	no data	4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-1603 v4 and Pentium Silver N5030.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	40	6
USB revision	no data	2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA ports	no data	2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	no data	2
Number of USB ports	no data	8
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.

Xeon E5-1603 v4 outperforms Pentium Silver N5030 by 80% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	3.03	1.68
Recency	20 June 2016	4 November 2019
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	6 Watt

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