Xeon Silver 4309Y vs Pentium E6600

Primary details

Comparing Pentium E6600 and Xeon Silver 4309Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2591	582
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.02	7.64
Market segment	Desktop processor	Server
Architecture codename	Wolfdale (2008−2010)	Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	17 January 2010 (14 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$16	no data
Current price	$73 (4.6x MSRP)	$2293

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4309Y has 38100% better value for money than Pentium E6600.

Detailed specifications

Pentium E6600 and Xeon Silver 4309Y 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)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	2	16
Base clock speed	3.06 GHz	2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.07 GHz	3.6 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB (shared)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	10 nm
Die size	82 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	74 °C	76 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	76 °C
Number of transistors	228 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No
VID voltage range	0.85V – 1.3625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E6600 and Xeon Silver 4309Y 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	2
Socket	LGA775	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E6600 and Xeon Silver 4309Y. 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
Status	Discontinued	Launched

Security technologies

Pentium E6600 and Xeon Silver 4309Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium E6600 and Xeon Silver 4309Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E6600 and Xeon Silver 4309Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3	DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size	no data	6 TB
Max memory channels	no data	8
ECC memory support	no data	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium E6600 and Xeon Silver 4309Y.

PCIe version	2.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	64

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 Silver 4309Y outperforms Pentium E6600 by 1615% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.72	12.35
Recency	17 January 2010	6 April 2021
Physical cores	2	8
Threads	2	16
Chip lithography	45 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	105 Watt

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