Xeon Gold 6142F vs Pentium E6300

Primary details

Comparing Pentium E6300 and Xeon Gold 6142F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2743	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.59	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Server
Series	no data	Intel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency	0.94	no data
Architecture codename	Wolfdale (2008−2010)	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)
Release date	9 May 2009 (15 years ago)	11 July 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$40	$3,101

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium E6300 and Xeon Gold 6142F 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	2.8 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	3.7 GHz
Multiplier	no data	26
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	1 MB
L2 cache	2 MB (shared)	16 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	22 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Die size	82 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	74 °C	87 °C
Number of transistors	228 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
VID voltage range	0.85V-1.3625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E6300 and Xeon Gold 6142F 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	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	160 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E6300 and Xeon Gold 6142F. 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	-	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-

Security technologies

Pentium E6300 and Xeon Gold 6142F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium E6300 and Xeon Gold 6142F are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E6300 and Xeon Gold 6142F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size	no data	768 GB
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 E6300 and Xeon Gold 6142F.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	48

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	9 May 2009	11 July 2017
Physical cores	2	16
Threads	2	32
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	160 Watt

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