Xeon Gold 5220 vs Pentium D 960

Primary details

Comparing Pentium D 960 and Xeon Gold 5220 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2760	413
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	13.67
Market segment	Desktop processor	Server
Series	no data	Intel Xeon Gold
Architecture codename	Presler (2006−2007)	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	23 April 2006 (18 years ago)	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,555
Current price	$149	$1206 (0.8x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Pentium D 960 and Xeon Gold 5220 have a nearly equal value for money.

Detailed specifications

Pentium D 960 and Xeon Gold 5220 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	3.6 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	3.9 GHz
Bus support	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache	16 KB (per core)	1.125 MB
L2 cache	2 MB (per die)	18 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	24.75 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	14 nm
Die size	2x 81 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	C1=69 °C, D0=63 °C	87 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	69 °C	no data
Number of transistors	376 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No
VID voltage range	1.2V-1.3375V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium D 960 and Xeon Gold 5220 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	4 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	LGA775,PLGA775	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 960 and Xeon Gold 5220. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	no data	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	no data	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
PAE	32 Bit	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
FSB parity	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	Launched

Security technologies

Pentium D 960 and Xeon Gold 5220 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium D 960 and Xeon Gold 5220 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium D 960 and Xeon Gold 5220. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3	DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size	no data	1 TB
Max memory channels	no data	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium D 960 and Xeon Gold 5220.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	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.

Xeon Gold 5220 outperforms Pentium D 960 by 2904% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.52	15.62
Recency	23 April 2006	2 April 2019
Physical cores	2	18
Threads	2	36
Chip lithography	65 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	125 Watt

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