Xeon Gold 6240 vs Pentium B980

Primary details

Comparing Pentium B980 and Xeon Gold 6240 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2732	459
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	8.89
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Pentium	Intel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency	1.84	9.64
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	1 September 2012 (12 years ago)	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$125	$2,445

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium B980 and Xeon Gold 6240 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)	18 (Octadeca-Core)
Threads	2	36
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	3.9 GHz
Bus type	DMI 2.0	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	4 × 5 GT/s	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	24	26
L1 cache	64K (per core)	1.125 MB
L2 cache	256K (per core)	18 MB
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	24.75 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Die size	131 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	85 °C
Number of transistors	504 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium B980 and Xeon Gold 6240 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)	4 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCPGA988,PGA988	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium B980 and Xeon Gold 6240. 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
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Pentium B980 and Xeon Gold 6240 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	+
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium B980 and Xeon Gold 6240 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium B980 and Xeon Gold 6240. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	16 GB	1 TB
Max memory channels	2	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.335 GB/s	140.8 GB/s
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	1.15 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium B980 and Xeon Gold 6240 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 B980 and Xeon Gold 6240.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	48

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.68	15.28
Recency	1 September 2012	2 April 2019
Physical cores	2	18
Threads	2	36
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	150 Watt

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