Xeon Silver 4310T vs Celeron 420
Primary details
Comparing Celeron 420 and Xeon Silver 4310T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in performance ranking | not rated | 547 |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Market segment | Desktop processor | Server |
Architecture codename | Conroe-L (2007−2008) | Ice Lake-SP (2021) |
Release date | June 2007 (17 years ago) | 6 April 2021 (3 years ago) |
Launch price (MSRP) | $23 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Celeron 420 and Xeon Silver 4310T 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 | 1 (Single-Core) | 10 (Deca-Core) |
Threads | 1 | 20 |
Base clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 2.3 GHz |
Boost clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
L1 cache | 64 KB | 64K (per core) |
L2 cache | 512 KB | 1 MB (per core) |
L3 cache | 0 KB | 15 MB (shared) |
Chip lithography | 65 nm | 10 nm |
Die size | 77 mm2 | no data |
Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 60 °C | 88 °C |
Number of transistors | 105 million | no data |
64 bit support | + | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
VID voltage range | 1V-1.3375V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron 420 and Xeon Silver 4310T 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 | LGA775 | FCLGA4189 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 105 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 420 and Xeon Silver 4310T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Instruction set extensions | no data | 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 | + | - |
Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
FSB parity | - | no data |
Status | Discontinued | Launched |
Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Celeron 420 and Xeon Silver 4310T technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
TXT | - | + |
EDB | + | + |
SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® SPS |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 420 and Xeon Silver 4310T are enumerated here.
VT-d | - | + |
VT-x | - | + |
EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 420 and Xeon Silver 4310T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 | DDR4-2667 |
Maximum memory size | no data | 6 TB |
Max memory channels | no data | 8 |
ECC memory support | - | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 420 and Xeon Silver 4310T.
PCIe version | no data | 4.0 |
PCI Express lanes | no data | 64 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
Physical cores | 1 | 10 |
Threads | 1 | 20 |
Chip lithography | 65 nm | 10 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 105 Watt |
Celeron 420 has 200% lower power consumption.
Xeon Silver 4310T, on the other hand, has 900% more physical cores and 1900% more threads, and a 550% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Celeron 420 and Xeon Silver 4310T. We've got no test results to judge.
Note that Celeron 420 is a desktop processor while Xeon Silver 4310T is a server/workstation one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron 420 and Xeon Silver 4310T, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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