Xeon Gold 6548Y vs Pentium D 955

Primary details

Comparing Pentium D 955 and Xeon Gold 6548Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Architecture codenamePresler (2005−2007)no data
Release dateJanuary 2006 (18 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium D 955 and Xeon Gold 6548Y 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 cores2 (Dual-core)32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threadsno data64
Base clock speedno data2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.46 GHz4.1 GHz
L1 cache28 KBno data
L2 cache4096 KBno data
L3 cache0 KB60 MB
Chip lithography65 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size140 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data83 °C
Number of transistors376 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium D 955 and Xeon Gold 6548Y 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 configuration2no data
Socket775FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt250 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 955 and Xeon Gold 6548Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Pentium D 955 and Xeon Gold 6548Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium D 955 and Xeon Gold 6548Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium D 955 and Xeon Gold 6548Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR5-5200
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium D 955 and Xeon Gold 6548Y.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 32
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 250 Watt

Pentium D 955 has 92.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6548Y, on the other hand, has 1500% more physical cores.

We couldn't decide between Pentium D 955 and Xeon Gold 6548Y. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium D 955 is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 6548Y is a server/workstation one.


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