Xeon Gold 6430 vs Celeron 450
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 6430 outperforms Celeron 450 by a whopping 11940% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3425 | 177 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 15.23 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Server |
| Power efficiency | 0.77 | 11.94 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | Intel | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Conroe-L (2007−2008) | Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024) |
| Release date | 31 August 2008 (17 years ago) | 10 January 2023 (2 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $53 | $2,138 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Celeron 450 and Xeon Gold 6430 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) | 32 (Dotriaconta-Core) |
| Threads | 1 | 64 |
| Base clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| L1 cache | 64 KB | 80K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | 2 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 60 MB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | Intel 7 nm |
| Die size | 77 mm2 | 4x 477 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 60 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 72 °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 450 and Xeon Gold 6430 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 | FCLGA4677 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 270 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 450 and Xeon Gold 6430. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | 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 | + | - |
| Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
| FSB parity | - | no data |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Celeron 450 and Xeon Gold 6430 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® SPS |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 450 and Xeon Gold 6430 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | - | + |
| VT-x | - | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 450 and Xeon Gold 6430. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 | DDR5-4400 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 4 TB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 8 |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 450 and Xeon Gold 6430.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 80 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.25 | 30.10 |
| Recency | 31 August 2008 | 10 January 2023 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 32 |
| Threads | 1 | 64 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 270 Watt |
Celeron 450 has 671.4% lower power consumption.
Xeon Gold 6430, on the other hand, has a 11940% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 14 years, and 3100% more physical cores and 6300% more threads.
The Intel Xeon Gold 6430 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Celeron 450 in performance tests.
Note that Celeron 450 is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 6430 is a server/workstation one.
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