Xeon Gold 5520 vs Celeron E1600

Primary details

Comparing Celeron E1600 and Xeon Gold 5520 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2851not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency0.77no data
Architecture codenameAllendale (2006−2009)no data
Release date31 May 2009 (15 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron E1600 and Xeon Gold 5520 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 cores2 (Dual-core)28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads256
Base clock speed2.4 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz4 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache512 KB (shared)no data
L3 cache0 KB52.5 MB
Chip lithography65 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size77 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature73 °C85 °C
Number of transistors105 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
VID voltage range0.85V-1.5Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron E1600 and Xeon Gold 5520 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 configuration1no data
SocketLGA775FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron E1600 and Xeon Gold 5520. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shiftno 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 E1600 and Xeon Gold 5520 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron E1600 and Xeon Gold 5520 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron E1600 and Xeon Gold 5520. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron E1600 and Xeon Gold 5520.

PCIe version2.05.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 31 May 2009 1 October 2023
Physical cores 2 28
Threads 2 56
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 205 Watt

Celeron E1600 has 215.4% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5520, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, and 1300% more physical cores and 2700% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Celeron E1600 and Xeon Gold 5520. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Celeron E1600 is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 5520 is a server/workstation one.


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