Intel Pentium Silver N5030 vs Intel Xeon W-11955M

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Intel Pentium Silver N5030 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon W-11955M
Intel Pentium Silver N5030 Intel Xeon W-11955M

CPU comparison

Intel Pentium Silver N5030 or Intel Xeon W-11955M - 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 Silver N5030 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.10 GHz. Up to 8 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Silver N5030 was released in Q4/2019.

The Intel Xeon W-11955M has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon W-11955M was released in Q2/2021.
Intel Pentium (150) Family Intel Xeon W (83)
Intel Pentium J5000/N5000 (4) CPU group Intel Xeon W-11000M (8)
9 Generation 11
Gemini Lake Architecture Tiger Lake H
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium Silver N5030 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.10 GHz (3.10 GHz). The Intel Xeon W-11955M has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.60 GHz (5.00 GHz).
Intel Pentium Silver N5030 Characteristic Intel Xeon W-11955M
4 Cores 8
4 Threads 16
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.10 GHz Frequency 2.60 GHz
3.10 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 5.00 GHz
2.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.20 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 Pentium Silver N5030 Characteristic Intel Xeon W-11955M
-- 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 UHD Graphics 605 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (32 EU)
0.25 GHz GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
0.75 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.45 GHz
9.5 GPU Generation 11
14 nm Technology 10 nm
3 Max. displays 3
18 Compute units 32
144 Shader 256
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
8 GB Max. GPU Memory 64 GB
12 DirectX Version 12

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 UHD Graphics 605 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (32 EU)
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Pentium Silver N5030 supports a maximum of 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon W-11955M can connect up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
Intel Pentium Silver N5030 Characteristic Intel Xeon W-11955M
LPDDR4-2400, DDR4-2400 Memory DDR4-3200
8 GB Max. Memory 128 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
38.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 24.00 MB
2.0 PCIe version 4.0
6 PCIe lanes 20
3.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Pentium Silver N5030 has a TDP of 6 W, that of the Intel Xeon W-11955M is 45 W.
Intel Pentium Silver N5030 Characteristic Intel Xeon W-11955M
6 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 45 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
4.8 W TDP down 35 W
105 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium Silver N5030 has a 4.00 MB cache, while the Intel Xeon W-11955M cache has a total of 24.00 MB.
Intel Pentium Silver N5030 Characteristic Intel Xeon W-11955M
14 nm Technology 10 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
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 1090 Socket BGA 1787
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
Q4/2019 Release date Q2/2021
-- Release price 623 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium Silver N5030 (25%)
Intel Xeon W-11955M (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium Silver N5030 (11%)
Intel Xeon W-11955M (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 Pentium Silver N5030 Intel Pentium Silver N5030
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
500 (28%)
Intel Xeon W-11955M Intel Xeon W-11955M
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
1758 (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 Pentium Silver N5030 Intel Pentium Silver N5030
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1333 (13%)
Intel Xeon W-11955M Intel Xeon W-11955M
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
10225 (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 Pentium Silver N5030 Intel Pentium Silver N5030
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
458 (21%)
Intel Xeon W-11955M Intel Xeon W-11955M
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
2164 (100%)

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 Pentium Silver N5030 Intel Pentium Silver N5030
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
979 (10%)
Intel Xeon W-11955M Intel Xeon W-11955M
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
9986 (100%)

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 Silver N5030 Intel Pentium Silver N5030
Intel UHD Graphics 605 @ 0.75 GHz
216 (29%)
Intel Xeon W-11955M Intel Xeon W-11955M
Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (32 EU) @ 1.45 GHz
742 (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 Pentium Silver N5030 Intel Pentium Silver N5030
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
2639 (11%)
Intel Xeon W-11955M Intel Xeon W-11955M
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
23067 (100%)

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 Pentium Silver N5030 Intel Pentium Silver N5030
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon W-11955M Intel Xeon W-11955M
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
1574 (100%)

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 Pentium Silver N5030 Intel Pentium Silver N5030
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon W-11955M Intel Xeon W-11955M
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
12836 (100%)

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 Pentium Silver N5030 Intel Pentium Silver N5030
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon W-11955M Intel Xeon W-11955M
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
610 (100%)

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 Pentium Silver N5030 Intel Pentium Silver N5030
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon W-11955M Intel Xeon W-11955M
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
5547 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
Intel Pentium Silver N5030 Intel Pentium Silver N5030
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
10 (100%)
Intel Xeon W-11955M Intel Xeon W-11955M
8C 16T @ 3.20 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 Silver N5030 Intel Pentium Silver N5030
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
91 (100%)
Intel Xeon W-11955M Intel Xeon W-11955M
8C 16T @ 5.00 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 Silver N5030 Intel Pentium Silver N5030
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
265 (100%)
Intel Xeon W-11955M Intel Xeon W-11955M
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor
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