Xeon Gold 6558Q vs Pentium 350

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 350 and Xeon Gold 6558Q processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	no data
Release date	21 November 2011 (12 years ago)	1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium 350 and Xeon Gold 6558Q 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	4	64
Base clock speed	1.2 GHz	3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.2 GHz	4.1 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	no data
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	60 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	131 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	76 °C	66 °C
Number of transistors	504 million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 350 and Xeon Gold 6558Q 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	no data
Socket	FCLGA1155	FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	350 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 350 and Xeon Gold 6558Q. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	-	+
vPro	-	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
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 6558Q technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 350 and Xeon Gold 6558Q 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 6558Q. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR5-5200
Maximum memory size	32 GB	4 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 6558Q.

PCIe version	2.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	2	80

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	21 November 2011	1 October 2023
Physical cores	2	32
Threads	4	64
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	350 Watt

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