Xeon Gold 5515 vs Pentium B960

Primary details

Comparing Pentium B960 and Xeon Gold 5515 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2677	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Pentium	no data
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	no data
Release date	2 October 2011 (12 years ago)	1 October 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$134	no data
Current price	$19.33 (0.1x MSRP)	no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium B960 and Xeon Gold 5515 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)	no data
Threads	2	16
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.2 GHz	4.1 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256K (per core)	no data
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	22.5 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	131 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	76 °C
Number of transistors	504 million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Pentium B960 and Xeon Gold 5515 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	FCPGA988,PGA988	FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium B960 and Xeon Gold 5515. 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	-	+
FMA	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	no data	+
My WiFi	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	no data	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	Launched

Security technologies

Pentium B960 and Xeon Gold 5515 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium B960 and Xeon Gold 5515 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium B960 and Xeon Gold 5515. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size	16 GB	4 TB
Max memory channels	2	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.3 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 B960 and Xeon Gold 5515 integrated GPUs.

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

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium B960 and Xeon Gold 5515.

PCIe version	2.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	16	80

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 October 2011	1 October 2023
Threads	2	16
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	165 Watt

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