Xeon Bronze 3106 vs Celeron E3400

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Aggregate performance score

Celeron E3400
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 65 Watt
0.54
Xeon Bronze 3106
2017
8 cores / 8 threads, 85 Watt
3.62
+570%

Xeon Bronze 3106 outperforms Celeron E3400 by a whopping 570% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron E3400 and Xeon Bronze 3106 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28361492
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.724.20
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Bronze
Power efficiency0.794.03
Architecture codenameWolfdale (2008−2010)Skylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date17 January 2010 (14 years ago)11 July 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$76$306

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Bronze 3106 has 13% better value for money than Celeron E3400.

Detailed specifications

Celeron E3400 and Xeon Bronze 3106 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads28
Base clock speed2.6 GHz1.7 GHz
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz3 GHz
Multiplierno data17
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (shared)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB11 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die size82 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature74 °C77 °C
Number of transistors228 million8,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron E3400 and Xeon Bronze 3106 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 configuration12 (Multiprocessor)
SocketLGA775FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron E3400 and Xeon Bronze 3106. 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--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Celeron E3400 and Xeon Bronze 3106 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron E3400 and Xeon Bronze 3106 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron E3400 and Xeon Bronze 3106. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR4-2133
Maximum memory sizeno data768 GB
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidthno data102.403 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron E3400 and Xeon Bronze 3106.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

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.

Celeron E3400 0.54
Xeon Bronze 3106 3.62
+570%

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.

Celeron E3400 860
Xeon Bronze 3106 5753
+569%

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.

Celeron E3400 290
Xeon Bronze 3106 579
+99.7%

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.

Celeron E3400 485
Xeon Bronze 3106 3151
+550%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.54 3.62
Recency 17 January 2010 11 July 2017
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 2 8
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 85 Watt

Celeron E3400 has 30.8% lower power consumption.

Xeon Bronze 3106, on the other hand, has a 570.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon Bronze 3106 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron E3400 in performance tests.

Note that Celeron E3400 is a desktop processor while Xeon Bronze 3106 is a server/workstation one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron E3400 and Xeon Bronze 3106, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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