Intel Xeon Silver 4109T vs Intel Pentium Gold 8500
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| Intel Xeon Silver 4109T | Intel Pentium Gold 8500 | |
CPU comparisonIntel Xeon Silver 4109T or Intel Pentium Gold 8500 - 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 Silver 4109T has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. Up to 768 GB of memory is supported in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Silver 4109T was released in Q3/2017. The Intel Pentium Gold 8500 has 5 cores with 6 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold 8500 was released in Q1/2022. |
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| Intel Xeon Silver (32) | Family | Intel Pentium (150) |
| Intel Xeon Silver 4100 (8) | CPU group | Intel Pentium Gold 8000 (2) |
| 1 | Generation | 12 |
| Skylake SP | Architecture | Alder Lake U |
| Desktop / Server | Segment | Mobile |
| -- | Predecessor | -- |
| Intel Xeon Silver 4209T | Successor | -- |
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CPU Cores and Base FrequencyThe Intel Xeon Silver 4109T has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Silver 4109T is 2.00 GHz (3.00 GHz) while the Intel Pentium Gold 8500 has 5 CPU cores and 6 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium Gold 8500 is at 1.00 GHz (4.40 GHz). |
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| Intel Xeon Silver 4109T | Characteristic | Intel Pentium Gold 8500 |
| 8 | Cores | 5 |
| 16 | Threads | 6 |
| normal | Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Yes | Hyperthreading | Yes |
| No | Overclocking ? | No |
| 2.00 GHz (3.00 GHz) | A-Core | 1.00 GHz (4.40 GHz) 1x Golden Cove |
| -- | B-Core | 0.70 GHz (3.30 GHz) 4x Gracemont |
Internal GraphicsThe Intel Xeon Silver 4109T or Intel Pentium Gold 8500 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. |
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| no iGPU | GPU | Intel UHD Graphics 12th Gen (48 EU) |
| GPU frequency | 0.20 GHz | |
| -- | GPU (Turbo) | 0.80 GHz |
| -- | GPU Generation | 12 |
| Technology | 10 nm | |
| Max. displays | 3 | |
| -- | Compute units | 48 |
| -- | Shader | 384 |
| No | Hardware Raytracing | No |
| No | Frame Generation | No |
| -- | Max. GPU Memory | 64 GB |
| -- | DirectX Version | 12 |
Hardware codec supportA 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. |
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| no iGPU | GPU | Intel UHD Graphics 12th Gen (48 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 |
| No | Codec AV1 | Decode |
| No | Codec AVC | Decode / Encode |
| No | Codec VC-1 | Decode |
| No | Codec JPEG | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeThe Intel Xeon Silver 4109T can use up to 768 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 115.2 GB/s. The Intel Pentium Gold 8500 supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 83.2 GB/s. |
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| Intel Xeon Silver 4109T | Characteristic | Intel Pentium Gold 8500 |
| DDR4-2400 | Memory | LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4X-4266, DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200 |
| 768 GB | Max. Memory | 64 GB |
| 6 (Hexa Channel) | Memory channels | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| 115.2 GB/s | Max. Bandwidth | 83.2 GB/s |
| Yes | ECC | No |
| -- | L2 Cache | 3.25 MB |
| 11.00 MB | L3 Cache | 8.00 MB |
| 3.0 | PCIe version | 4.0 |
| 48 | PCIe lanes | 14 |
| 47.3 GB/s | PCIe Bandwidth | 27.6 GB/s |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Xeon Silver 4109T is 70 W, while the Intel Pentium Gold 8500 has a TDP of 9 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. |
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| Intel Xeon Silver 4109T | Characteristic | Intel Pentium Gold 8500 |
| 70 W | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | 9 W |
| -- | TDP (PL2) | 29 W |
| -- | TDP up | -- |
| -- | TDP down | -- |
| -- | Tjunction max. | 100 °C |
Technical detailsThe Intel Xeon Silver 4109T is manufactured in 14 nm and has 11.00 MB cache. The Intel Pentium Gold 8500 is manufactured in 10 nm and has a 11.25 MB cache. |
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| Intel Xeon Silver 4109T | Characteristic | Intel Pentium Gold 8500 |
| 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 1744 |
| VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d | Virtualization | VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d |
| Yes | AES-NI | Yes |
| Windows 10, Linux | Operating systems | |
| Q3/2017 | Release date | Q1/2022 |
| 500 $ | Release price | -- |
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Average performance in benchmarks
⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
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.
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Intel Xeon Silver 4109T
8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Gold 8500
5C 6T @ 4.40 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Xeon Silver 4109T
8C 16T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Gold 8500
5C 6T @ 1.40 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Xeon Silver 4109T
8C 16T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Gold 8500
5C 6T @ 1.40 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Xeon Silver 4109T
@ 0.00 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Gold 8500
Intel UHD Graphics 12th Gen (48 EU) @ 0.80 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Xeon Silver 4109T
8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Gold 8500
5C 6T @ 4.40 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Xeon Silver 4109T
8C 16T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Gold 8500
5C 6T @ 1.40 GHz |
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| Intel Xeon Silver 4109T | Intel Pentium Gold 8500 |
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