Xeon Gold 5317 vs Pentium 350

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 350 and Xeon Gold 5317 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	365
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Power efficiency	no data	10.88
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	21 November 2011 (12 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium 350 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	2 (Dual-core)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	4	24
Base clock speed	1.2 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.2 GHz	3.6 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	10 nm
Die size	131 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	76 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	84 °C
Number of transistors	504 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 350 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	FCLGA1155	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 350 and Xeon Gold 5317. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
vPro	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
FDI	-	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Pentium 350 and Xeon Gold 5317 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 350 and Xeon Gold 5317 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 350 and Xeon Gold 5317. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	32 GB	6 TB
Max memory channels	2	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	21 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 350 and Xeon Gold 5317.

PCIe version	2.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	2	64

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	21 November 2011	6 April 2021
Physical cores	2	12
Threads	4	24
Chip lithography	32 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	150 Watt

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