Intel Core i5-1038NG7 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6403N

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i5-1038NG7 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Gold 6403N
Intel Core i5-1038NG7 Intel Xeon Gold 6403N

CPU comparison

Intel Core i5-1038NG7 or Intel Xeon Gold 6403N - 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 i5-1038NG7 has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.80 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-1038NG7 was released in Q2/2020.

The Intel Xeon Gold 6403N has 24 cores with 48 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 4096 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6403N was released in Q3/2023.
Intel Core i5 (331) Family Intel Xeon Gold (163)
Intel Core i 1000G/10000U (19) CPU group Intel Xeon Gold 5400/6400 Edge Enhanced (8)
10 Generation 4
Ice Lake U Architecture Sapphire Rapids Edge Enh.
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-1038NG7 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-1038NG7 is 2.00 GHz (3.80 GHz) while the Intel Xeon Gold 6403N has 24 CPU cores and 48 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Gold 6403N is at 1.90 GHz (3.60 GHz).

Intel Core i5-1038NG7 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6403N
4 Cores 24
8 Threads 48
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.00 GHz Frequency 1.90 GHz
3.80 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.60 GHz
3.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

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 i5-1038NG7 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6403N
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i5-1038NG7 or Intel Xeon Gold 6403N has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 GPU no iGPU
0.30 GHz GPU frequency --
1.05 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
11 GPU Generation --
14 nm Technology
3 Max. displays
64 Compute units --
512 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 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 Iris Plus Graphics G7 GPU no iGPU
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i5-1038NG7 can use up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 59.6 GB/s. The Intel Xeon Gold 6403N supports up to 4096 GB of memory in 8 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 256.0 GB/s.

Intel Core i5-1038NG7 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6403N
LPDDR4-3733, DDR4-3200 Memory
64 GB Max. Memory 4096 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 8 (Octa Channel)
59.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 256.0 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
6.00 MB L3 Cache 45.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 4.0
16 PCIe lanes 64
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 126.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i5-1038NG7 is 28 W, while the Intel Xeon Gold 6403N has a TDP of 185 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Core i5-1038NG7 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6403N
28 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 185 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-1038NG7 is manufactured in 10 nm and has 6.00 MB cache. The Intel Xeon Gold 6403N is manufactured in 10 nm and has a 45.00 MB cache.

Intel Core i5-1038NG7 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6403N
10 nm Technology 10 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
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 1344 Socket LGA 4677
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows, Linux
Q2/2020 Release date Q3/2023
320 $ Release price 1796 $
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Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 i5-1038NG7 Intel Core i5-1038NG7
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
1118 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6403N Intel Xeon Gold 6403N
24C 48T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 i5-1038NG7 Intel Core i5-1038NG7
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
4995 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6403N Intel Xeon Gold 6403N
24C 48T @ 1.90 GHz
0 (0%)

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 i5-1038NG7 Intel Core i5-1038NG7
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
1150 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6403N Intel Xeon Gold 6403N
24C 48T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)

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 i5-1038NG7 Intel Core i5-1038NG7
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
4236 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6403N Intel Xeon Gold 6403N
24C 48T @ 1.90 GHz
0 (0%)

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 i5-1038NG7 Intel Core i5-1038NG7
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
1329 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6403N Intel Xeon Gold 6403N
24C 48T @ 3.60 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 i5-1038NG7 Intel Core i5-1038NG7
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
4439 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6403N Intel Xeon Gold 6403N
24C 48T @ 1.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 i5-1038NG7 Intel Core i5-1038NG7
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
441 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6403N Intel Xeon Gold 6403N
24C 48T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 i5-1038NG7 Intel Core i5-1038NG7
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
1922 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6403N Intel Xeon Gold 6403N
24C 48T @ 1.90 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 i5-1038NG7 Intel Core i5-1038NG7
Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 @ 1.05 GHz
1075 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6403N Intel Xeon Gold 6403N
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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 i5-1038NG7 Intel Core i5-1038NG7
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
9355 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6403N Intel Xeon Gold 6403N
24C 48T @ 1.90 GHz
0 (0%)

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 i5-1038NG7 Intel Core i5-1038NG7
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
177 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6403N Intel Xeon Gold 6403N
24C 48T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)

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 i5-1038NG7 Intel Core i5-1038NG7
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
781 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6403N Intel Xeon Gold 6403N
24C 48T @ 1.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i5-1038NG7 Intel Xeon Gold 6403N
Apple MacBook Pro 13 (2020) Unknown

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