Xeon Gold 6226 vs Celeron N2920

Primary details

Comparing Celeron N2920 and Xeon Gold 6226 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2680	537
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	20.49
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Celeron	Intel Xeon Gold
Architecture codename	Bay Trail-M (2013−2014)	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	1 December 2013 (10 years ago)	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$107	$1,776
Current price	$278 (2.6x MSRP)	$636 (0.4x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Celeron N2920 and Xeon Gold 6226 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	1.86 GHz	2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus support	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache	56K (per core)	768 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	12 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	19.25 MB
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	86 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N2920 and Xeon Gold 6226 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	4 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCBGA1170	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	7.5 Watt	125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N2920 and Xeon Gold 6226. 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	no data	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	no data	+
Idle States	+	no data
Smart Connect	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
Status	Discontinued	Launched
RST	-	no data

Security technologies

Celeron N2920 and Xeon Gold 6226 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	+	+
Identity Protection	-	no data
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N2920 and Xeon Gold 6226 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N2920 and Xeon Gold 6226. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	8 GB	1 TB
Max memory channels	2	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support	no data	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series	no data
Graphics max frequency	844 MHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N2920 and Xeon Gold 6226 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N2920 and Xeon Gold 6226.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	4	48
USB revision	3.0 and 2.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	5	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

Xeon Gold 6226 outperforms Celeron N2920 by 2066% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.61	13.21
Recency	1 December 2013	2 April 2019
Physical cores	4	12
Threads	4	24
Cost	$107	$1776
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	7 Watt	125 Watt

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