Xeon 6315P vs Pentium 2020M
Aggregate performance score
Xeon 6315P outperforms Pentium 2020M by a whopping 727% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2882 | 1242 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.07 | 22.53 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | Intel Pentium | no data |
| Power efficiency | 0.98 | 5.14 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | Intel | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Ivy Bridge (2012−2013) | Raptor Lake-R (2023−2025) |
| Release date | 1 September 2012 (13 years ago) | 24 February 2025 (1 year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $134 | $213 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Xeon 6315P has 32086% better value for money than Pentium 2020M.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Pentium 2020M and Xeon 6315P 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) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Performance-cores | no data | 4 |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 2.8 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 4.7 GHz |
| Bus rate | 5 GT/s | 16 GT/s |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 80 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | 1.25 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 2 MB (shared) | 12 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | Intel 7 nm |
| Die size | 118 mm2 | 163 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | 1,400 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium 2020M and Xeon 6315P 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 | 1 |
| Socket | FCPGA988 | FCLGA1700 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 55 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 2020M and Xeon 6315P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| My WiFi | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | - |
| Idle States | + | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | + |
| Flex Memory Access | + | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
| FDI | + | no data |
| Fast Memory Access | + | no data |
Security technologies
Pentium 2020M and Xeon 6315P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
| Anti-Theft | - | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 2020M and Xeon 6315P are enumerated here.
| VT-d | - | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 2020M and Xeon 6315P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR5-4800 |
| Maximum memory size | 32 GB | 128 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel HD Graphics for 3rd Generation Intel Processors | N/A |
| Graphics max frequency | 1.1 GHz | no data |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 2020M and Xeon 6315P integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 3 | no data |
| eDP | + | no data |
| DisplayPort | + | - |
| HDMI | + | - |
| SDVO | + | no data |
| CRT | + | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 2020M and Xeon 6315P.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | 20 |
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.81 | 6.70 |
| Recency | 1 September 2012 | 24 February 2025 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 4 |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 55 Watt |
Pentium 2020M has 57% lower power consumption.
Xeon 6315P, on the other hand, has a 727% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.
The Intel Xeon 6315P is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium 2020M in performance tests.
Be aware that Pentium 2020M is a notebook processor while Xeon 6315P is a server/workstation one.
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