Xeon Gold 5317 vs Celeron G3900E
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 5317 outperforms Celeron G3900E by a whopping 1250% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Celeron G3900E and Xeon Gold 5317 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2312 | 379 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.18 | no data |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | Intel Celeron | no data |
| Power efficiency | 3.46 | 10.89 |
| Architecture codename | Skylake (2015−2016) | Ice Lake-SP (2021) |
| Release date | 2 January 2016 (9 years ago) | 6 April 2021 (3 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $107 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Celeron G3900E and Xeon Gold 5317 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) | 12 (Dodeca-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 24 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 3.0 | no data |
| Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | 24 | no data |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | 18 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 10 nm |
| Die size | 98.57 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 84 °C |
| Number of transistors | 1750 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron G3900E and Xeon Gold 5317 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 (Uniprocessor) | 2 |
| Socket | no data | FCLGA4189 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 150 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron G3900E and Xeon Gold 5317. 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 | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Celeron G3900E and Xeon Gold 5317 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
| SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® SPS |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron G3900E and Xeon Gold 5317 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron G3900E and Xeon Gold 5317. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | LPDDR3-1866 | DDR4-2933 |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | 6 TB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 8 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 34.134 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel HD Graphics 510 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron G3900E and Xeon Gold 5317.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | 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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.27 | 17.14 |
| Recency | 2 January 2016 | 6 April 2021 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 12 |
| Threads | 2 | 24 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 150 Watt |
Celeron G3900E has 328.6% lower power consumption.
Xeon Gold 5317, on the other hand, has a 1249.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.
The Xeon Gold 5317 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron G3900E in performance tests.
Be aware that Celeron G3900E is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 5317 is a server/workstation one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron G3900E and Xeon Gold 5317, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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