Intel Xeon Gold 5117F vs Intel Core i5-1030G4

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Xeon Gold 5117F CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i5-1030G4
Intel Xeon Gold 5117F Intel Core i5-1030G4

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon Gold 5117F or Intel Core i5-1030G4 - 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 Gold 5117F has 14 cores with 28 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.80 GHz. Up to 768 GB of memory is supported in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 5117F was released in Q3/2017.

The Intel Core i5-1030G4 has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-1030G4 was released in Q3/2019.
Intel Xeon Gold (163) Family Intel Core i5 (331)
Intel Xeon Gold 5100/6100 (34) CPU group Intel Core i 1000G/10000U (19)
1 Generation 10
Skylake Architecture Ice Lake U
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
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-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Gold 5117F has 14 CPU cores and can calculate 28 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Gold 5117F is 2.00 GHz (2.80 GHz) while the Intel Core i5-1030G4 has 4 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-1030G4 is at 0.70 GHz (3.50 GHz).

Intel Xeon Gold 5117F Characteristic Intel Core i5-1030G4
14 Cores 4
28 Threads 8
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.00 GHz Frequency 0.70 GHz
2.80 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.50 GHz
2.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.00 GHz

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 Gold 5117F Characteristic Intel Core i5-1030G4
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Xeon Gold 5117F or Intel Core i5-1030G4 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 Iris Plus Graphics G4
GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.05 GHz
-- GPU Generation 11
Technology 14 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 48
-- Shader 384
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 Iris Plus Graphics G4
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 Gold 5117F can use up to 768 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 115.2 GB/s. The Intel Core i5-1030G4 supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 59.6 GB/s.

Intel Xeon Gold 5117F Characteristic Intel Core i5-1030G4
DDR4-2400 Memory LPDDR4-3733, DDR4-3200
768 GB Max. Memory 32 GB
6 (Hexa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
115.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 59.6 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
19.00 MB L3 Cache 6.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
48 PCIe lanes 16
47.3 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Xeon Gold 5117F is 113 W, while the Intel Core i5-1030G4 has a TDP of 9 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Xeon Gold 5117F Characteristic Intel Core i5-1030G4
113 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 9 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up 12 W
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Gold 5117F is manufactured in 14 nm and has 19.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i5-1030G4 is manufactured in 10 nm and has a 6.00 MB cache.

Intel Xeon Gold 5117F Characteristic Intel Core i5-1030G4
14 nm Technology 10 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
LGA 3647 Socket BGA 1526
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
Q3/2017 Release date Q3/2019
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon Gold 5117F (77%)
Intel Core i5-1030G4 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon Gold 5117F (100%)
Intel Core i5-1030G4 (32%)

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 Gold 5117F Intel Xeon Gold 5117F
14C 28T @ 2.80 GHz
122 (77%)
Intel Core i5-1030G4 Intel Core i5-1030G4
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
159 (100%)

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 Gold 5117F Intel Xeon Gold 5117F
14C 28T @ 2.40 GHz
1858 (100%)
Intel Core i5-1030G4 Intel Core i5-1030G4
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
591 (32%)

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 Xeon Gold 5117F Intel Xeon Gold 5117F
14C 28T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-1030G4 Intel Core i5-1030G4
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
997 (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 Gold 5117F Intel Xeon Gold 5117F
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-1030G4 Intel Core i5-1030G4
Intel Iris Plus Graphics G4 @ 1.05 GHz
806 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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