Xeon Gold 6326 vs Pentium B940

Place in the ranking	2849	238
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Pentium	no data
Power efficiency	1.46	11.36
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	19 June 2011 (13 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$134	no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium B940 and Xeon Gold 6326 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)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	2	32
Base clock speed	2 GHz	2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	3.5 GHz
Bus type	DMI 2.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	20	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	10 nm
Die size	131 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	78 °C
Number of transistors	504 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium B940 and Xeon Gold 6326 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 (Uniprocessor)	2
Socket	PGA988	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	185 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium B940 and Xeon Gold 6326. 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	-	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	-	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
My WiFi	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Pentium B940 and Xeon Gold 6326 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium B940 and Xeon Gold 6326 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium B940 and Xeon Gold 6326. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	16 GB	6 TB
Max memory channels	2	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.335 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processors	no data
Graphics max frequency	1.1 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium B940 and Xeon Gold 6326 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	2	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
SDVO	+	no data
CRT	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium B940 and Xeon Gold 6326.

PCIe version	2.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	16	64

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pentium B940 0.54

Xeon Gold 6326 22.20
+4011%

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.

Pentium B940 865

Xeon Gold 6326 35270
+3977%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.54	22.20
Recency	19 June 2011	6 April 2021
Physical cores	2	16
Threads	2	32
Chip lithography	32 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	185 Watt

Pentium B940 has 428.6% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6326, on the other hand, has a 4011.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, 700% more physical cores and 1500% more threads, and a 220% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon Gold 6326 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium B940 in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium B940 is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 6326 is a server/workstation one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium B940 and Xeon Gold 6326, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.