Intel Xeon W-3235 vs Intel Pentium 3825U

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Intel Xeon W-3235 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium 3825U
Intel Xeon W-3235 Intel Pentium 3825U

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon W-3235 or Intel Pentium 3825U - 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 W-3235 has 12 cores with 24 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.50 GHz. Up to 1024 GB of memory is supported in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon W-3235 was released in Q2/2019.

The Intel Pentium 3825U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium 3825U was released in Q1/2015.
Intel Xeon W (83) Family Intel Pentium (150)
Intel Xeon W-2200/3200 (17) CPU group Intel Pentium 3000 (8)
7 Generation 4
Cascade Lake W Architecture Haswell U
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
Intel Xeon W-3335 Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon W-3235 is a 12 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.30 GHz (4.50 GHz). The Intel Pentium 3825U has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.90 GHz.

Intel Xeon W-3235 Characteristic Intel Pentium 3825U
12 Cores 2
24 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
3.30 GHz Frequency 1.90 GHz
4.50 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
4.00 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 W-3235 Characteristic Intel Pentium 3825U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

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 HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1)
GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.85 GHz
-- GPU Generation 8
Technology 14 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 12
-- Shader 96
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
-- DirectX Version 11.2

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 (Broadwell 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 Decode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon W-3235 supports a maximum of 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Pentium 3825U can connect up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Intel Xeon W-3235 Characteristic Intel Pentium 3825U
DDR4-2933 Memory DDR3-1600
1024 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
6 (Hexa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
140.7 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
19.25 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 2.0
64 PCIe lanes 12
63.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 6.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Xeon W-3235 has a TDP of 180 W, that of the Intel Pentium 3825U is 15 W.

Intel Xeon W-3235 Characteristic Intel Pentium 3825U
180 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Xeon W-3235 has a 19.25 MB cache, while the Intel Pentium 3825U cache has a total of 2.00 MB.

Intel Xeon W-3235 Characteristic Intel Pentium 3825U
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 BGA 1168
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
Q2/2019 Release date Q1/2015
1398 $ Release price 145 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon W-3235 (100%)
Intel Pentium 3825U (32%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon W-3235 (100%)
Intel Pentium 3825U (7%)

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 W-3235 Intel Xeon W-3235
12C 24T @ 4.50 GHz
1192 (100%)
Intel Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
443 (37%)

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 W-3235 Intel Xeon W-3235
12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz
13102 (100%)
Intel Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
1001 (8%)

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 W-3235 Intel Xeon W-3235
12C 24T @ 4.50 GHz
1408 (100%)
Intel Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
387 (27%)

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 W-3235 Intel Xeon W-3235
12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz
10309 (100%)
Intel Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
781 (8%)

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 W-3235 Intel Xeon W-3235
12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz
26028 (100%)
Intel Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
1340 (5%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 W-3235 Intel Xeon W-3235
12C 24T @ 4.50 GHz
424 (100%)
Intel Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 W-3235 Intel Xeon W-3235
12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz
5742 (100%)
Intel Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
0 (0%)

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 W-3235 Intel Xeon W-3235
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1) @ 0.85 GHz
163 (100%)

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 W-3235 Intel Xeon W-3235
12C 24T @ 4.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
77 (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 W-3235 Intel Xeon W-3235
12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
148 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Xeon W-3235 Intel Pentium 3825U
Apple Mac Pro (2019) Unknown

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