Xeon Gold 6230R vs Core 2 Quad Q9500
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 6230R outperforms Core 2 Quad Q9500 by a whopping 1355% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2527 | 396 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 5.22 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Server |
| Series | no data | Intel Xeon Gold |
| Power efficiency | 0.57 | 5.24 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Architecture codename | no data | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) |
| Release date | no data | 24 February 2020 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $1,900 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Core 2 Quad Q9500 and Xeon Gold 6230R 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) | 26 (Hexacosa-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 52 |
| Base clock speed | 2.83 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 4 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | DMI 3.0 |
| Bus rate | 1333 MHz | 4 × 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 21 |
| L1 cache | no data | 1.625 MB |
| L2 cache | no data | 26 MB |
| L3 cache | 6 MB L2 Cache | 35.75 MB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 14 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 71 °C | 85 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
| VID voltage range | 0.85V-1.3625V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Core 2 Quad Q9500 and Xeon Gold 6230R 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.
| Socket | LGA775 | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 150 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Quad Q9500 and Xeon Gold 6230R. 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 | + | - |
| Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Core 2 Quad Q9500 and Xeon Gold 6230R technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | + |
| EDB | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Quad Q9500 and Xeon Gold 6230R are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Quad Q9500 and Xeon Gold 6230R. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4-2933 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 1 TB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 6 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 140.8 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Quad Q9500 and Xeon Gold 6230R.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 48 |
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.28 | 18.62 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 26 |
| Threads | 4 | 52 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 150 Watt |
Core 2 Quad Q9500 has 57.9% lower power consumption.
Xeon Gold 6230R, on the other hand, has a 1354.7% higher aggregate performance score, 550% more physical cores and 1200% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.
The Intel Xeon Gold 6230R is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Core 2 Quad Q9500 in performance tests.
Note that Core 2 Quad Q9500 is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 6230R is a server/workstation one.
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