Xeon Gold 5318Y vs Pentium G6950
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 5318Y outperforms Pentium G6950 by a whopping 2542% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2899 | 364 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.03 | no data |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Server |
| Power efficiency | 0.41 | 4.84 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | Intel | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Clarkdale (2010−2011) | Ice Lake-SP (2021) |
| Release date | 7 January 2010 (15 years ago) | 6 April 2021 (4 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $60 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Pentium G6950 and Xeon Gold 5318Y 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) | 24 (Tetracosa-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 48 |
| Base clock speed | 2.8 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.8 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 3 MB (shared) | 36 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 10 nm |
| Die size | 81 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 73 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 87 °C |
| Number of transistors | 382 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium G6950 and Xeon Gold 5318Y 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 | FCLGA1156 | FCLGA4189 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 73 Watt | 165 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G6950 and Xeon Gold 5318Y. 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 |
| Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
| PAE | 36 Bit | no data |
| FDI | + | no data |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Pentium G6950 and Xeon Gold 5318Y 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 G6950 and Xeon Gold 5318Y are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G6950 and Xeon Gold 5318Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4-2933 |
| Maximum memory size | 16.38 GB | 6 TB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 8 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 17 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel HD | no data |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G6950 and Xeon Gold 5318Y integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 2 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G6950 and Xeon Gold 5318Y.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | 64 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.71 | 18.76 |
| Recency | 7 January 2010 | 6 April 2021 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 24 |
| Threads | 2 | 48 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 73 Watt | 165 Watt |
Pentium G6950 has 126% lower power consumption.
Xeon Gold 5318Y, on the other hand, has a 2542.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, 1100% more physical cores and 2300% more threads, and a 220% more advanced lithography process.
The Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium G6950 in performance tests.
Note that Pentium G6950 is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 5318Y is a server/workstation one.
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