Processor N95 vs Xeon Gold 5115
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 5115 outperforms Processor N95 by a whopping 198% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1014 | 1874 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.91 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Xeon Gold | Intel Alder Lake-N |
| Power efficiency | 10.74 | no data |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Skylake (server) (2017−2018) | Alder Lake-N (2023) |
| Release date | 11 July 2017 (8 years ago) | 3 January 2023 (2 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,221 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon Gold 5115 and Processor N95 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 | 10 (Deca-Core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 20 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 0.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Multiplier | 24 | no data |
| L1 cache | 640 KB | 96 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 10 MB | 2 MB (shared) |
| L3 cache | 13.75 MB | 6 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 10 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 76 °C | 105 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Gold 5115 and Processor N95 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 | 4 (Multiprocessor) | 1 |
| Socket | FCLGA3647 | Intel BGA 1264 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 85 Watt | + 6 MB |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5115 and Processor N95. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Speed Shift | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| TSX | + | - |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - | no data |
Security technologies
Xeon Gold 5115 and Processor N95 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | + |
| EDB | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5115 and Processor N95 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5115 and Processor N95. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2400 | DDR4, DDR5 |
| Maximum memory size | 768 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 6 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 115.212 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | Intel UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) ( - 1200 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5115 and Processor N95.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | 9 |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 8.50 | 2.85 |
| Recency | 11 July 2017 | 3 January 2023 |
| Physical cores | 10 | 4 |
| Threads | 20 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 10 nm |
Xeon Gold 5115 has a 198.2% higher aggregate performance score, and 150% more physical cores and 400% more threads.
Processor N95, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.
The Intel Xeon Gold 5115 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Processor N95 in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon Gold 5115 is a server/workstation processor while Processor N95 is a notebook one.
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