Xeon Silver 4516Y vs Celeron G3900E

Primary details

Comparing Celeron G3900E and Xeon Silver 4516Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2272	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.13	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Celeron	no data
Power efficiency	3.47	no data
Architecture codename	Skylake (2015−2016)	no data
Release date	2 January 2016 (8 years ago)	1 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$107	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Celeron G3900E and Xeon Silver 4516Y 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)	24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads	2	48
Base clock speed	no data	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	24	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	no data
L2 cache	512 KB	no data
L3 cache	2 MB	45 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	98.57 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	81 °C
Number of transistors	1750 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron G3900E and Xeon Silver 4516Y 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)	no data
Socket	no data	FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	185 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron G3900E and Xeon Silver 4516Y. 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	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
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 Silver 4516Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	no data	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron G3900E and Xeon Silver 4516Y 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 Silver 4516Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	LPDDR3-1866	DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size	64 GB	4 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

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron G3900E and Xeon Silver 4516Y.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	16	80

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 January 2016	1 October 2023
Physical cores	2	24
Threads	2	48
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	185 Watt

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