Intel Xeon E7-8850 v2 vs Intel Pentium Gold 6405U

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Xeon E7-8850 v2 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
Intel Xeon E7-8850 v2 Intel Pentium Gold 6405U

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon E7-8850 v2 or Intel Pentium Gold 6405U - 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 E7-8850 v2 has 12 cores with 24 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.80 GHz. Up to 1536 GB of memory is supported in 4 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E7-8850 v2 was released in Q1/2014.

The Intel Pentium Gold 6405U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold 6405U was released in Q4/2019.
Intel Xeon E7 (20) Family Intel Pentium (150)
Intel Xeon E7 v2 (20) CPU group Intel Pentium 6000 (1)
4 Generation 10
Ivy Bridge EX Architecture Comet Lake U
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon E7-8850 v2 has 12 CPU cores and can calculate 24 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon E7-8850 v2 is 2.30 GHz (2.80 GHz) while the Intel Pentium Gold 6405U has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium Gold 6405U is at 2.40 GHz.

Intel Xeon E7-8850 v2 Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
12 Cores 2
24 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.30 GHz Frequency 2.40 GHz
2.80 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
2.80 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 Xeon E7-8850 v2 Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Xeon E7-8850 v2 or Intel Pentium Gold 6405U 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.

no iGPU GPU Intel UHD Graphics 610
GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.95 GHz
-- GPU Generation 9.5
Technology 14 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 12
-- Shader 96
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
-- 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.

no iGPU GPU Intel UHD Graphics 610
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon E7-8850 v2 can use up to 1536 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 51.2 GB/s. The Intel Pentium Gold 6405U supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 38.4 GB/s.

Intel Xeon E7-8850 v2 Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
DDR3-1600 Memory LPDDR3-2133, DDR4-2400
1536 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
4 (Quad Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
51.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
24.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
-- PCIe version 2.0
-- PCIe lanes 12
-- PCIe Bandwidth 6.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Xeon E7-8850 v2 is 105 W, while the Intel Pentium Gold 6405U has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Xeon E7-8850 v2 Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
105 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 12.5 W
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Xeon E7-8850 v2 is manufactured in 22 nm and has 24.00 MB cache. The Intel Pentium Gold 6405U is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.

Intel Xeon E7-8850 v2 Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
22 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
LGA 2011 Socket BGA 1528
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
Q1/2014 Release date Q4/2019
2250 $ Release price 193 $
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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 Xeon E7-8850 v2 Intel Xeon E7-8850 v2
12C 24T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold 6405U Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
592 (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 Xeon E7-8850 v2 Intel Xeon E7-8850 v2
12C 24T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold 6405U Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1340 (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 Xeon E7-8850 v2 Intel Xeon E7-8850 v2
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold 6405U Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
Intel UHD Graphics 610 @ 0.95 GHz
182 (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 E7-8850 v2 Intel Xeon E7-8850 v2
12C 24T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold 6405U Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
2329 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Xeon E7-8850 v2 Intel Pentium Gold 6405U
Unknown Lenovo Ideapad 3 17IML05

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