Xeon E-2356G vs Pentium 4-M 2.50

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 4-M 2.50 and Xeon E-2356G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated664
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
Power efficiencyno data13.79
Architecture codenameNorthwood (2002−2004)Rocket Lake-E (2021)
Release dateApril 2003 (21 year ago)8 September 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium 4-M 2.50 and Xeon E-2356G 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 cores1 (Single-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads112
Base clock speedno data3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.5 GHz5 GHz
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
L1 cache8 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography130 nm14 nm
Die size131 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)100 °C72 °C
Number of transistors55 millionno data
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 4-M 2.50 and Xeon E-2356G 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 configuration11
Socket478FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 4-M 2.50 and Xeon E-2356G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+

Security technologies

Pentium 4-M 2.50 and Xeon E-2356G technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 4-M 2.50 and Xeon E-2356G are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 4-M 2.50 and Xeon E-2356G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2DDR4-3200
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics P750
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.3 GHz
Execution Unitsno data32
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 4-M 2.50 and Xeon E-2356G integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data1

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium 4-M 2.50 and Xeon E-2356G integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2160 @60 Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data5120 x 3200 @ 60 Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data5120 x 3200 @ 60 Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium 4-M 2.50 and Xeon E-2356G integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 4-M 2.50 and Xeon E-2356G.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data44

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 6
Threads 1 12
Chip lithography 130 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 80 Watt

Pentium 4-M 2.50 has 128.6% lower power consumption.

Xeon E-2356G, on the other hand, has 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 828.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Pentium 4-M 2.50 and Xeon E-2356G. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pentium 4-M 2.50 is a notebook processor while Xeon E-2356G is a server/workstation one.


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