Xeon 6979P vs Pentium Gold G7400

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold G7400 and Xeon 6979P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1381not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency8.72no data
Architecture codenameAlder Lake-S (2022)Granite Rapids (2024)
Release date4 January 2022 (2 years ago)24 September 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold G7400 and Xeon 6979P 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)120
Threads4240
Base clock speed3.7 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.9 GHz
L1 cache80K (per core)112 KB (per core)
L2 cache1.25 MB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache6 MB (shared)504 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nm5 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data80 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold G7400 and Xeon 6979P 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 configuration12
SocketFCLGA17007529
Power consumption (TDP)46 Watt500 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold G7400 and Xeon 6979P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Pentium Gold G7400 and Xeon 6979P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold G7400 and Xeon 6979P are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold G7400 and Xeon 6979P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-4800, DDR4-3200DDR5
Maximum memory size128 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth76.8 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 710N/A
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.35 GHzno data
Execution Units16no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold G7400 and Xeon 6979P integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported4no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold G7400 and Xeon 6979P integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2160 @ 60Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP5120 x 3200 @ 120Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort7680 x 4320 @ 60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold G7400 and Xeon 6979P integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold G7400 and Xeon 6979P.

PCIe version5.0 and 4.05.0
PCI Express lanes2096

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 January 2022 24 September 2024
Physical cores 2 120
Threads 4 240
Power consumption (TDP) 46 Watt 500 Watt

Pentium Gold G7400 has 987% lower power consumption.

Xeon 6979P, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 5900% more physical cores and 5900% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Pentium Gold G7400 and Xeon 6979P. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium Gold G7400 is a desktop processor while Xeon 6979P is a server/workstation one.


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