Xeon Platinum 8580 vs Celeron 2955U

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Primary details

Comparing Celeron 2955U and Xeon Platinum 8580 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2825not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesIntel Celeronno data
Power efficiency3.47no data
Architecture codenameHaswell (2013−2015)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date1 September 2013 (11 years ago)14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$10,710

Detailed specifications

Celeron 2955U and Xeon Platinum 8580 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)60 (Hexaconta-Core)
Threads2120
Base clock speed1.4 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed1.4 GHz4 GHz
Bus rate5 GT/sno data
L1 cache64K (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache2 MB (shared)300 MB (shared)
Chip lithography22 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size118 mm22x 763 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)105 °C81 °C
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 2955U and Xeon Platinum 8580 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration12
SocketFCBGA1168FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt350 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 2955U and Xeon Platinum 8580. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Smart Connect+no data
FDI-no data
AMT9.5no data
Matrix Storage-no data
HD Audio+no data
RST+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Celeron 2955U and Xeon Platinum 8580 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard-+
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 2955U and Xeon Platinum 8580 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-d-+
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 2955U and Xeon Platinum 8580. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5 @ 5600 MT/s (1 DPC)
Maximum memory size16 GB4 TB
Max memory channels28
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel® ProcessorsN/A
Clear Video+no data
Graphics max frequency1 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 2955U and Xeon Platinum 8580 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 2955U and Xeon Platinum 8580.

PCIe version2.05.0
PCI Express lanes1080
PCI support-no data
USB revision3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Integrated IDE-no data
Number of USB ports4no data
Integrated LAN-no data
UART+no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2013 14 December 2023
Physical cores 2 60
Threads 2 120
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 350 Watt

Celeron 2955U has 2233.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8580, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, and 2900% more physical cores and 5900% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Celeron 2955U and Xeon Platinum 8580. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Celeron 2955U is a notebook processor while Xeon Platinum 8580 is a server/workstation one.


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