Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 vs Intel Pentium G2010

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium G2010
Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 Intel Pentium G2010

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 or Intel Pentium G2010 - 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 Platinum 8168 has 24 cores with 48 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. Up to 768 GB of memory is supported in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 was released in Q3/2017.

The Intel Pentium G2010 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium G2010 was released in Q1/2013.
Intel Xeon Platinum (89) Family Intel Pentium (150)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8100 (16) CPU group Intel Pentium G2000 (4)
1 Generation 4
Skylake Architecture Ivy Bridge S
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 has 24 CPU cores and can calculate 48 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 is 2.70 GHz (3.70 GHz) while the Intel Pentium G2010 has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium G2010 is at 2.80 GHz.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 Characteristic Intel Pentium G2010
24 Cores 2
48 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.70 GHz Frequency 2.80 GHz
3.70 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
3.00 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

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 Platinum 8168 Characteristic Intel Pentium G2010
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 or Intel Pentium G2010 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 HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1)
GPU frequency 0.65 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.05 GHz
-- GPU Generation 7
Technology 22 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 6
-- Shader 48
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
-- DirectX Version 11.0

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 HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 can use up to 768 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 128.1 GB/s. The Intel Pentium G2010 supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 21.3 GB/s.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 Characteristic Intel Pentium G2010
DDR4-2666 Memory DDR3-1333
768 GB Max. Memory 32 GB
6 (Hexa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
128.1 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 21.3 GB/s
Yes ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
33.00 MB L3 Cache 3.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 2.0
48 PCIe lanes 16
47.3 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 is 205 W, while the Intel Pentium G2010 has a TDP of 55 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 Characteristic Intel Pentium G2010
205 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 55 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 is manufactured in 14 nm and has 33.00 MB cache. The Intel Pentium G2010 is manufactured in 22 nm and has a 3.00 MB cache.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 Characteristic Intel Pentium G2010
14 nm Technology 22 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 LGA 1155
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, Linux
Q3/2017 Release date Q1/2013
5900 $ Release price 48 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 (100%)
Intel Pentium G2010 (50%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 (100%)
Intel Pentium G2010 (5%)

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 Platinum 8168 Intel Xeon Platinum 8168
24C 48T @ 3.70 GHz
1022 (100%)
Intel Pentium G2010 Intel Pentium G2010
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
548 (54%)

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 Platinum 8168 Intel Xeon Platinum 8168
24C 48T @ 3.00 GHz
20528 (100%)
Intel Pentium G2010 Intel Pentium G2010
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
1026 (5%)

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 Platinum 8168 Intel Xeon Platinum 8168
24C 48T @ 3.70 GHz
1249 (100%)
Intel Pentium G2010 Intel Pentium G2010
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
470 (38%)

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 Platinum 8168 Intel Xeon Platinum 8168
24C 48T @ 3.00 GHz
32627 (100%)
Intel Pentium G2010 Intel Pentium G2010
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
1581 (5%)

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 Platinum 8168 Intel Xeon Platinum 8168
24C 48T @ 3.70 GHz
161 (100%)
Intel Pentium G2010 Intel Pentium G2010
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
95 (59%)

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 Platinum 8168 Intel Xeon Platinum 8168
24C 48T @ 3.00 GHz
4002 (100%)
Intel Pentium G2010 Intel Pentium G2010
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
189 (5%)

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 Platinum 8168 Intel Xeon Platinum 8168
24C 48T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium G2010 Intel Pentium G2010
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
799 (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 Platinum 8168 Intel Xeon Platinum 8168
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium G2010 Intel Pentium G2010
Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1) @ 1.05 GHz
101 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 Intel Xeon Platinum 8168
24C 48T @ 2.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium G2010 Intel Pentium G2010
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
542 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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