Xeon Silver 4510 vs Celeron 2961Y

Primary details

Comparing Celeron 2961Y and Xeon Silver 4510 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	245
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	100.00
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Celeron	no data
Power efficiency	no data	13.57
Architecture codename	Haswell (2013−2015)	Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date	1 December 2013 (10 years ago)	14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$107	$563

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Celeron 2961Y and Xeon Silver 4510 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	2	24
Base clock speed	1.1 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.1 GHz	4.1 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	30 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	118 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	105 °C	84 °C
Number of transistors	1,400 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 2961Y and Xeon Silver 4510 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 configuration	1	2
Socket	FCBGA1168	FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)	11.5 Watt	150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 2961Y and Xeon Silver 4510. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no 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
AMT	9.5	no data
Matrix Storage	-	no data
HD Audio	+	no data
RST	+	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Celeron 2961Y and Xeon Silver 4510 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 2961Y and Xeon Silver 4510 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 2961Y and Xeon Silver 4510. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR5 @ 4400 MT/s (1 DPC &2DPC)
Maximum memory size	16 GB	4 TB
Max memory channels	2	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel® Processors	N/A
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Clear Video	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	850 MHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 2961Y and Xeon Silver 4510 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 2961Y and Xeon Silver 4510.

PCIe version	2.0	5
PCI Express lanes	12	80
PCI support	-	no data
USB revision	3.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	4	no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	4	no data
Integrated IDE	-	no data
Number of USB ports	4	no data
Integrated LAN	-	no data
UART	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 December 2013	14 December 2023
Physical cores	2	12
Threads	2	24
Power consumption (TDP)	11 Watt	150 Watt

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