Intel Pentium Silver N5000 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8358

Let's find out which one of Intel Pentium Silver N5000 and Intel Xeon Platinum 8358 is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  Intel Pentium Silver N5000 Intel Xeon Platinum 8358
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Pentium Intel Xeon Platinum
• Generation
  9 3
• CPU group
  Intel Pentium J5000/N5000 Intel Xeon Platinum 8300

In this block we are going to compare Intel Pentium Silver N5000 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8358 by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• Frequency
  1.10 GHz 2.60 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 32
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.70 GHz 3.40 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 64
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in Intel Pentium Silver N5000 and Intel Xeon Platinum 8358 along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 605 no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  0.20 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.75 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  18
• Shader
  144
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB --
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  9.5
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  14 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2017

Let's compare the support of video codecs between Intel Pentium Silver N5000 and Intel Xeon Platinum 8358. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h264
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No

To choose the best model between Intel Pentium Silver N5000 and Intel Xeon Platinum 8358 you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 DDR4-3200
• Max. Memory
  8 GB 6144 GB
• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  2 8
• PCIe version
  2.0 4.0
• PCIe lanes
  6 64

AES-NI encryption support for CPUs Intel Pentium Silver N5000 and Intel Xeon Platinum 8358.

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for Intel Pentium Silver N5000 or Intel Xeon Platinum 8358? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  6 W 250 W

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for Intel Pentium Silver N5000 and Intel Xeon Platinum 8358 CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 48.00 MB
• Architecture
  Gemini Lake Ice Lake
• Technology
  14 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1090 LGA 4189
• Release date
  Q4/2017 Q2/2021

List of devices based on Intel Pentium Silver N5000 and Intel Xeon Platinum 8358.

• Used in
  ASUS VivoBook 14 N5000Acer Swift 1 N5000MEDION Notebook N5000Lenovo IdeaPad N5000 Unknown