Xeon Silver 4309Y vs Celeron 6305
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Silver 4309Y outperforms Celeron 6305 by a whopping 824% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Celeron 6305 and Xeon Silver 4309Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2255 | 630 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | Intel Tiger Lake | no data |
| Power efficiency | 8.27 | 10.92 |
| Architecture codename | Tiger Lake-U (2020) | Ice Lake-SP (2021) |
| Release date | 1 September 2020 (4 years ago) | 6 April 2021 (3 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Celeron 6305 and Xeon Silver 4309Y 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) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 16 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.8 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.8 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Bus rate | 4 GT/s | no data |
| L1 cache | 160 KB | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 2.5 MB | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 12 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm SuperFin | 10 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 76 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron 6305 and Xeon Silver 4309Y 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 | FCBGA1449 | FCLGA4189 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 105 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 6305 and Xeon Silver 4309Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Speed Shift | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Deep Learning Boost | + | + |
Security technologies
Celeron 6305 and Xeon Silver 4309Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
| SGX | - | Yes with Intel® SPS |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 6305 and Xeon Silver 4309Y are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 6305 and Xeon Silver 4309Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR4-2667 |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | 6 TB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 8 |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel® UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel® Processors | no data |
| Quick Sync Video | + | - |
| Clear Video HD | + | no data |
| Graphics max frequency | 1.25 GHz | no data |
| Execution Units | 48 | no data |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 6305 and Xeon Silver 4309Y integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 4 | no data |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron 6305 and Xeon Silver 4309Y integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | 4096x2304@60Hz | no data |
| Max resolution over eDP | 4096x2304@60Hz | no data |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | 7680x4320@60Hz | no data |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Celeron 6305 and Xeon Silver 4309Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | 12.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 6305 and Xeon Silver 4309Y.
| 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.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
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.
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 | 1.36 | 12.57 |
| Recency | 1 September 2020 | 6 April 2021 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 8 |
| Threads | 2 | 16 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 105 Watt |
Celeron 6305 has 600% lower power consumption.
Xeon Silver 4309Y, on the other hand, has a 824.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 months, and 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads.
The Xeon Silver 4309Y is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron 6305 in performance tests.
Be aware that Celeron 6305 is a notebook processor while Xeon Silver 4309Y is a server/workstation one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron 6305 and Xeon Silver 4309Y, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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