Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8470

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Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Platinum 8470
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y Intel Xeon Platinum 8470

CPU comparison

Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y or Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 - 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 Pentium Gold 4425Y has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.60 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y was released in Q2/2017.

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 has 52 cores with 104 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 4096 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 was released in Q1/2023.
Intel Pentium (150) Family Intel Xeon Platinum (89)
Intel Pentium 4400 (5) CPU group Intel Xeon Platinum 8400 (18)
7 Generation 4
Kaby Lake U Architecture Sapphire Rapids
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y is 1.60 GHz while the Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 has 52 CPU cores and 104 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 is at 2.00 GHz (3.80 GHz).

Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8470
2 Cores 52
4 Threads 104
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.60 GHz Frequency 2.00 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.80 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8470
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y or Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 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 HD Graphics 615 GPU no iGPU
0.30 GHz GPU frequency --
0.85 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
9.5 GPU Generation --
14nm Technology
3 Max. displays
24 Compute units --
192 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
16 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 HD Graphics 615 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 Pentium Gold 4425Y can use up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 29.9 GB/s. The Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 supports up to 4096 GB of memory in 8 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 307.2 GB/s.

Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8470
LPDDR3-1866, DDR3-1600 Memory DDR5-4400, DDR5-4800
16 GB Max. Memory 4096 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 8 (Octa Channel)
29.9 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 307.2 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
2.00 MB L3 Cache 105.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 5.0
10 PCIe lanes 80
9.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 315.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y is 6 W, while the Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 has a TDP of 350 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8470
6 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 350 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
4.5 W TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y is manufactured in 14 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 is manufactured in 10 nm and has a 105.00 MB cache.

Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8470
14 nm Technology 10 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
BGA 1515 Socket LGA 4677
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, Linux
Q2/2017 Release date Q1/2023
193 $ Release price 9359 $
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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 Pentium Gold 4425Y Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
427 (100%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 Intel Xeon Platinum 8470
52C 104T @ 3.80 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 Pentium Gold 4425Y Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
979 (100%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 Intel Xeon Platinum 8470
52C 104T @ 2.00 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 Pentium Gold 4425Y Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
Intel HD Graphics 615 @ 0.85 GHz
326 (100%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 Intel Xeon Platinum 8470
@ 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 Pentium Gold 4425Y Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
1714 (100%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 Intel Xeon Platinum 8470
52C 104T @ 2.00 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 Pentium Gold 4425Y Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
66 (100%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 Intel Xeon Platinum 8470
52C 104T @ 3.80 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 Pentium Gold 4425Y Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
166 (100%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 Intel Xeon Platinum 8470
52C 104T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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