Intel Xeon Gold 6248 vs Intel Pentium N6415

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Intel Xeon Gold 6248 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium N6415
Intel Xeon Gold 6248 Intel Pentium N6415

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon Gold 6248 or Intel Pentium N6415 - 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 6248 has 20 cores with 40 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz. Up to 1024 GB of memory is supported in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6248 was released in Q2/2019.

The Intel Pentium N6415 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Pentium N6415 was released in Q1/2021.
Intel Xeon Gold (163) Family Intel Pentium (150)
Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 (55) CPU group Intel Pentium N6200/J6400/N6400 (3)
2 Generation 11
Cascade Lake Architecture Elkhart Lake
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Gold 6248 is a 20 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.50 GHz (3.90 GHz). The Intel Pentium N6415 has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.20 GHz (3.00 GHz).

Intel Xeon Gold 6248 Characteristic Intel Pentium N6415
20 Cores 4
40 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.50 GHz Frequency 1.20 GHz
3.90 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.00 GHz
3.00 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.20 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 6248 Characteristic Intel Pentium N6415
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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.

no iGPU GPU Intel UHD Graphics 10th Gen (16 EU)
GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.80 GHz
-- GPU Generation 11
Technology 14 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 16
-- Shader 128
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 64 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 10th Gen (16 EU)
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 Decode
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon Gold 6248 supports a maximum of 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Pentium N6415 can connect up to 32 GB of memory in 4 memory channels.

Intel Xeon Gold 6248 Characteristic Intel Pentium N6415
DDR4-2933 Memory LPDDR4X-3200, LPDDR4-3200, DDR4-3200
1024 GB Max. Memory 32 GB
6 (Hexa Channel) Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
140.7 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache 1.50 MB
27.50 MB L3 Cache --
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
48 PCIe lanes 8
47.3 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 Gold 6248 has a TDP of 150 W, that of the Intel Pentium N6415 is 6.5 W.

Intel Xeon Gold 6248 Characteristic Intel Pentium N6415
150 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 6.5 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Gold 6248 has a 27.50 MB cache, while the Intel Pentium N6415 cache has a total of 1.50 MB.

Intel Xeon Gold 6248 Characteristic Intel Pentium N6415
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
LGA 3647 Socket BGA 1493
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems
Q2/2019 Release date Q1/2021
3078 $ Release price 96 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon Gold 6248 (100%)
Intel Pentium N6415 (51%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon Gold 6248 (100%)
Intel Pentium N6415 (13%)

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 Gold 6248 Intel Xeon Gold 6248
20C 40T @ 3.90 GHz
1028 (100%)
Intel Pentium N6415 Intel Pentium N6415
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
671 (65%)

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 Gold 6248 Intel Xeon Gold 6248
20C 40T @ 3.00 GHz
15277 (100%)
Intel Pentium N6415 Intel Pentium N6415
4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
1955 (13%)

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 Gold 6248 Intel Xeon Gold 6248
20C 40T @ 3.90 GHz
1327 (100%)
Intel Pentium N6415 Intel Pentium N6415
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
474 (36%)

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 Gold 6248 Intel Xeon Gold 6248
20C 40T @ 3.00 GHz
29512 (100%)
Intel Pentium N6415 Intel Pentium N6415
4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
3760 (13%)

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 Gold 6248 Intel Xeon Gold 6248
20C 40T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium N6415 Intel Pentium N6415
4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
1362 (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 6248 Intel Xeon Gold 6248
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium N6415 Intel Pentium N6415
Intel UHD Graphics 10th Gen (16 EU) @ 0.80 GHz
213 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Xeon Gold 6248 Intel Pentium N6415
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