Xeon Gold 6442Y vs Celeron J3355

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Aggregate performance score

Celeron J3355
2016, $107
2 cores / 2 threads, 10 Watt
0.68
Xeon Gold 6442Y
2023, $2,065
24 cores / 48 threads, 225 Watt
33.20
+4782%

Xeon Gold 6442Y outperforms Celeron J3355 by a whopping 4782% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2947140
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.0617.49
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesIntel Celeronno data
Power efficiencyno data15.81
DesignerIntelIntel
Manufacturerno dataIntel
Architecture codenameApollo Lake (2014−2016)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date30 August 2016 (9 years ago)10 January 2023 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$107$2,065

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 6442Y has 29050% better value for money than Celeron J3355.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Celeron J3355 and Xeon Gold 6442Y 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)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads248
Base clock speed2 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.5 GHz4 GHz
Multiplier20no data
L1 cacheno data80K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB60 MB
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data79 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron J3355 and Xeon Gold 6442Y 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)2
SocketFCBGA1296FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt225 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron J3355 and Xeon Gold 6442Y. 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++
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Smart Connect-no data
HD Audio+no data
RST-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Celeron J3355 and Xeon Gold 6442Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Boot+no data
Identity Protection+-
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard-+
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron J3355 and Xeon Gold 6442Y are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
VT-i-no data
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron J3355 and Xeon Gold 6442Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size8 GB4 TB
Max memory channels28
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics 500no data
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency700 MHzno data
Execution Units12no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron J3355 and Xeon Gold 6442Y integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron J3355 and Xeon Gold 6442Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX+no data
OpenGL+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron J3355 and Xeon Gold 6442Y.

PCIe version2.05
PCI Express lanes680
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Number of USB ports8no data
Integrated LAN-no data
UART+no data

Synthetic benchmarks

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.

Celeron J3355 0.68
Xeon Gold 6442Y 33.20
+4782%

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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.

Celeron J3355 1203
Samples: 59
Xeon Gold 6442Y 58534
+4766%
Samples: 21

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 J3355 258
Xeon Gold 6442Y 1954
+657%

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 J3355 447
Xeon Gold 6442Y 17122
+3730%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.68 33.20
Recency 30 August 2016 10 January 2023
Physical cores 2 24
Threads 2 48
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 225 Watt

Celeron J3355 has 2150% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6442Y, on the other hand, has a 4782.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and 1100% more physical cores and 2300% more threads.

The Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Celeron J3355 in performance tests.

Note that Celeron J3355 is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 6442Y is a server/workstation one.

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