Xeon Platinum 9221 vs Celeron N4000

Primary details

Comparing Celeron N4000 and Xeon Platinum 9221 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2510	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Celeron	Intel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency	14.67	no data
Architecture codename	Goldmont Plus (2017)	Cascade Lake-AP (2019)
Release date	11 December 2017 (6 years ago)	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$107	no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron N4000 and Xeon Platinum 9221 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)	32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads	2	64
Base clock speed	1.1 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.6 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	11	21
L1 cache	112 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	71.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	105 deg C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	8,000 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N4000 and Xeon Platinum 9221 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)	8
Socket	FCBGA1090	Intel BGA5903
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	250 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N4000 and Xeon Platinum 9221. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	-	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	-	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Smart Response	-	no data
GPIO	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data

Security technologies

Celeron N4000 and Xeon Platinum 9221 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
MPX	+	-
Identity Protection	+	-
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	no data
OS Guard	+	no data
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N4000 and Xeon Platinum 9221 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N4000 and Xeon Platinum 9221. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	8 GB	2 TiB
Max memory channels	2	12
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	281.6 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel UHD Graphics 600	no data
Max video memory	8 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Graphics max frequency	650 MHz	no data
Execution Units	12	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N4000 and Xeon Platinum 9221 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron N4000 and Xeon Platinum 9221 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support

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no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron N4000 and Xeon Platinum 9221 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	no data
OpenGL	4.4	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N4000 and Xeon Platinum 9221.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	6	no data
USB revision	2.0/3.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	8	no data
Integrated LAN	-	no data
UART	+	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	11 December 2017	2 April 2019
Physical cores	2	32
Threads	2	64
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	250 Watt

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