Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 vs Intel Pentium Silver N6005

Last updated:

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium Silver N6005
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 Intel Pentium Silver N6005

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 or Intel Pentium Silver N6005 - 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 Xeon E3-1225 v3 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 was released in Q2/2013.

The Intel Pentium Silver N6005 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Silver N6005 was released in Q1/2021.
Intel Xeon E3 (43) Family Intel Pentium (150)
Intel Xeon E3 v3 (15) CPU group Intel Pentium N6000 (2)
4 Generation 10
Haswell S Architecture Jasper Lake
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.20 GHz (3.60 GHz). The Intel Pentium Silver N6005 has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.00 GHz (3.30 GHz).
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 Characteristic Intel Pentium Silver N6005
4 Cores 4
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.20 GHz Frequency 2.00 GHz
3.60 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.30 GHz
3.60 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.00 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 Xeon E3-1225 v3 Characteristic Intel Pentium Silver N6005
-- 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 P4600 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Jasper Lake)
0.35 GHz GPU frequency 0.45 GHz
1.20 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.90 GHz
7.5 GPU Generation 11
22 nm Technology 10 nm
3 Max. displays 3
20 Compute units 32
160 Shader 256
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 8 GB
11.1 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 HD Graphics P4600 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Jasper Lake)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 supports a maximum of 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Silver N6005 can connect up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 Characteristic Intel Pentium Silver N6005
DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600 Memory DDR4-2933
32 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
25.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 46.9 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache 1.50 MB
8.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
16 PCIe lanes 8
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 7.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 has a TDP of 84 W, that of the Intel Pentium Silver N6005 is 10 W.
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 Characteristic Intel Pentium Silver N6005
84 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 10 W
-- TDP (PL2) 20 W
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 has a 8.00 MB cache, while the Intel Pentium Silver N6005 cache has a total of 5.50 MB.
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 Characteristic Intel Pentium Silver N6005
22 nm Technology 10 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
LGA 1150 Socket BGA 1338
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, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2013 Release date Q1/2021
205 $ Release price --
show more data show more data


Rate these processors

Here you can rate the Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 3.0 stars (4 ratings). Rate now:
Here you can rate the Intel Pentium Silver N6005 to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 4.5 stars (4 ratings). Rate now:


Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver N6005 (71%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver N6005 (75%)

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 Xeon E3-1225 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
872 (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver N6005 Intel Pentium Silver N6005
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
764 (88%)

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 Xeon E3-1225 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
3186 (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver N6005 Intel Pentium Silver N6005
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
2489 (78%)

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 Xeon E3-1225 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
1108 (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver N6005 Intel Pentium Silver N6005
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
591 (53%)

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 Xeon E3-1225 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
3324 (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver N6005 Intel Pentium Silver N6005
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
1788 (54%)

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 Xeon E3-1225 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3
Intel HD Graphics P4600 @ 1.20 GHz
384 (80%)
Intel Pentium Silver N6005 Intel Pentium Silver N6005
Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Jasper Lake) @ 0.90 GHz
483 (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 Xeon E3-1225 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
5341 (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver N6005 Intel Pentium Silver N6005
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
5040 (94%)

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 Xeon E3-1225 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Silver N6005 Intel Pentium Silver N6005
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
279 (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 Xeon E3-1225 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Silver N6005 Intel Pentium Silver N6005
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
925 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
707.1 (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver N6005 Intel Pentium Silver N6005
4C 4T @ 3.00 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 Xeon E3-1225 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
140 (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver N6005 Intel Pentium Silver N6005
4C 4T @ 3.30 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 Xeon E3-1225 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
520 (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver N6005 Intel Pentium Silver N6005
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 Intel Pentium Silver N6005
Unknown Unknown

Popular comparisons containing this CPUs

1. Intel Pentium Silver N6005Intel Celeron N5105 Intel Pentium Silver N6005 vs Intel Celeron N5105
2. Intel Pentium Silver N6005Intel Processor N100 Intel Pentium Silver N6005 vs Intel Processor N100
3. Intel Core i7-4770KIntel Xeon E3-1225 v3 Intel Core i7-4770K vs Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3
4. Intel Pentium Silver N6005Intel Pentium Silver N6000 Intel Pentium Silver N6005 vs Intel Pentium Silver N6000
5. Intel Celeron J4125Intel Pentium Silver N6005 Intel Celeron J4125 vs Intel Pentium Silver N6005
6. Intel Pentium Silver J5005Intel Pentium Silver N6005 Intel Pentium Silver J5005 vs Intel Pentium Silver N6005
7. Intel Pentium Silver N6005Intel Pentium Silver J5040 Intel Pentium Silver N6005 vs Intel Pentium Silver J5040
8. Intel Pentium Silver N6005Intel Celeron N5095 Intel Pentium Silver N6005 vs Intel Celeron N5095
9. Intel Pentium Silver N6005Intel Core i3-10110U Intel Pentium Silver N6005 vs Intel Core i3-10110U
10. Intel Celeron J6413Intel Pentium Silver N6005 Intel Celeron J6413 vs Intel Pentium Silver N6005


back to index