Xeon Gold 5317 vs Celeron J3455E

Place in the ranking	2235	370
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Server
Power efficiency	13.06	10.88
Architecture codename	no data	Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	1 July 2019 (5 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron J3455E 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	4 (Quad-Core)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	4	24
Base clock speed	1.5 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	3.6 GHz
L1 cache	no data	64K (per core)
L2 cache	no data	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB	18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	84 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron J3455E 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	2
Socket	no data	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron J3455E 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	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Smart Response	-	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Celeron J3455E and Xeon Gold 5317 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	-
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron J3455E and Xeon Gold 5317 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 J3455E and Xeon Gold 5317. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3L/LPDDR3 up to 1866 MT/s; LPDDR4 up to 2400 MT/s	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	8 GB	6 TB
Max memory channels	2	8
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel HD Graphics 500	no data
Max video memory	8 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Clear Video	+	no data
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	750 MHz	no data
Execution Units	12	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron J3455E and Xeon Gold 5317 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
MIPI-DSI	+	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron J3455E and Xeon Gold 5317 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	+	no data
OpenGL	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron J3455E and Xeon Gold 5317.

PCIe version	2.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	6	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.

Celeron J3455E 1.38

Xeon Gold 5317 17.24
+1149%

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 J3455E 2193

Xeon Gold 5317 27387
+1149%

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 J3455E 269

Xeon Gold 5317 1260
+368%

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 J3455E 796

Xeon Gold 5317 9808
+1132%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.38	17.24
Recency	1 July 2019	6 April 2021
Physical cores	4	12
Threads	4	24
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	150 Watt

Celeron J3455E has 1400% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5317, on the other hand, has a 1149.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon Gold 5317 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron J3455E in performance tests.

Note that Celeron J3455E is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 5317 is a server/workstation one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron J3455E and Xeon Gold 5317, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.