Pentium Silver N6005 vs Xeon X7460

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon X7460
2008
130 Watt
3.02
Pentium Silver N6005
2021
4 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
3.38
+11.9%

Pentium Silver N6005 outperforms Xeon X7460 by a moderate 12% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon X7460 and Pentium Silver N6005 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking16421570
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Power efficiency2.2031.99
Architecture codenameno dataJasper Lake (2021)
Release date1 July 2008 (16 years ago)11 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon X7460 and Pentium Silver N6005 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 coresno data4 (Quad-Core)
Threadsno data4
Base clock speed2.66 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speedno data3.3 GHz
L2 cacheno data1.5 MB
L3 cache16 MB L2 Cache4 MB
Chip lithography45 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature64 °C105 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range0.9V-1.45Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X7460 and Pentium Silver N6005 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 configurationno data1
SocketPGA604FCBGA1338
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X7460 and Pentium Silver N6005. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2
AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States-+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Smart Responseno data-
Demand Based Switching+no data
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
FSB parity+no data

Security technologies

Xeon X7460 and Pentium Silver N6005 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB+no data
Identity Protection-+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon X7460 and Pentium Silver N6005 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon X7460 and Pentium Silver N6005. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data900 MHz
Execution Unitsno data32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon X7460 and Pentium Silver N6005 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon X7460 and Pentium Silver N6005 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon X7460 and Pentium Silver N6005 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon X7460 and Pentium Silver N6005.

PCI Express lanesno data8
USB revisionno data2.0/3.2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data14
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 X7460 3.02
Pentium Silver N6005 3.38
+11.9%

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 X7460 4803
Pentium Silver N6005 5367
+11.7%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.02 3.38
Recency 1 July 2008 11 January 2021
Chip lithography 45 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 10 Watt

Pentium Silver N6005 has a 11.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 350% more advanced lithography process, and 1200% lower power consumption.

The Pentium Silver N6005 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon X7460 in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon X7460 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium Silver N6005 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon X7460 and Pentium Silver N6005, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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