Intel Core i3-5020U vs Intel Xeon Silver 4109T

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Intel Core i3-5020U CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Silver 4109T
Intel Core i3-5020U Intel Xeon Silver 4109T

CPU comparison

Intel Core i3-5020U or Intel Xeon Silver 4109T - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Core i3-5020U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.20 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-5020U was released in Q1/2015.

The Intel Xeon Silver 4109T has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 768 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Silver 4109T was released in Q3/2017.
Intel Core i3 (205) Family Intel Xeon Silver (32)
Intel Core i 5000U (16) CPU group Intel Xeon Silver 4100 (8)
5 Generation 1
Broadwell U Architecture Skylake SP
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Xeon Silver 4209T

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i3-5020U is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.20 GHz. The Intel Xeon Silver 4109T has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.00 GHz (3.00 GHz).

Intel Core i3-5020U Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4109T
2 Cores 8
4 Threads 16
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.20 GHz Frequency 2.00 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.00 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.50 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Core i3-5020U Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4109T
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

Intel HD Graphics 5500 GPU no iGPU
0.30 GHz GPU frequency --
0.90 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
8 GPU Generation --
14 nm Technology
3 Max. displays
24 Compute units --
192 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
16 GB Max. GPU Memory --
11.2 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Intel HD Graphics 5500 GPU no iGPU
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
Decode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i3-5020U supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Silver 4109T can connect up to 768 GB of memory in 6 memory channels.

Intel Core i3-5020U Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4109T
DDR3-1600 Memory DDR4-2400
16 GB Max. Memory 768 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
25.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 115.2 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
3.00 MB L3 Cache 11.00 MB
2.0 PCIe version 3.0
12 PCIe lanes 48
6.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i3-5020U has a TDP of 15 W, that of the Intel Xeon Silver 4109T is 70 W.

Intel Core i3-5020U Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4109T
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 70 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
10 W TDP down --
105 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core i3-5020U has a 3.00 MB cache, while the Intel Xeon Silver 4109T cache has a total of 11.00 MB.

Intel Core i3-5020U Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4109T
14 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
BGA 1168 Socket LGA 3647
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2015 Release date Q3/2017
-- Release price 500 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i3-5020U (66%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4109T (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i3-5020U (22%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4109T (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i3-5020U Intel Core i3-5020U
2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
560 (67%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4109T Intel Xeon Silver 4109T
8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz
838 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i3-5020U Intel Core i3-5020U
2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
1230 (24%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4109T Intel Xeon Silver 4109T
8C 16T @ 2.50 GHz
5042 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Core i3-5020U Intel Core i3-5020U
2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
2245 (22%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4109T Intel Xeon Silver 4109T
8C 16T @ 2.50 GHz
10358 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i3-5020U Intel Core i3-5020U
2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
84 (64%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4109T Intel Xeon Silver 4109T
8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz
131 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i3-5020U Intel Core i3-5020U
2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
211 (19%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4109T Intel Xeon Silver 4109T
8C 16T @ 2.50 GHz
1103 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core i3-5020U Intel Core i3-5020U
2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
735 (100%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4109T Intel Xeon Silver 4109T
8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core i3-5020U Intel Core i3-5020U
2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
1507 (100%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4109T Intel Xeon Silver 4109T
8C 16T @ 2.50 GHz
0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core i3-5020U Intel Core i3-5020U
Intel HD Graphics 5500 @ 0.90 GHz
346 (100%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4109T Intel Xeon Silver 4109T
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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