Xeon Platinum 8284 vs Celeron 420

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Primary details

Comparing Celeron 420 and Xeon Platinum 8284 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Platinum
Architecture codenameConroe-L (2007−2008)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release dateJune 2007 (17 years ago)10 July 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$23$15,460

Detailed specifications

Celeron 420 and Xeon Platinum 8284 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 cores1 (Single-Core)28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads156
Base clock speed1.6 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed1.6 GHz4 GHz
Multiplierno data30
L1 cache64 KB1.75 MB
L2 cache512 KB28 MB
L3 cache0 KB38.5 MB
Chip lithography65 nm14 nm
Die size77 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data65 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)60 °Cno data
Number of transistors105 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1V-1.3375Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 420 and Xeon Platinum 8284 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 configuration18 (Multiprocessor)
SocketLGA775Socket P
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt240 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 420 and Xeon Platinum 8284. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® 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+-
Demand Based Switching-no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
FSB parity-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Celeron 420 and Xeon Platinum 8284 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 420 and Xeon Platinum 8284 are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-x-+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 420 and Xeon Platinum 8284. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR4-2933
Maximum memory sizeno data1 TB
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidthno data140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 420 and Xeon Platinum 8284.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 28
Threads 1 56
Chip lithography 65 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 240 Watt

Celeron 420 has 585.7% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8284, on the other hand, has 2700% more physical cores and 5500% more threads, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Celeron 420 and Xeon Platinum 8284. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Celeron 420 is a desktop processor while Xeon Platinum 8284 is a server/workstation one.


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