Xeon Gold 6258R vs Pentium N3540

Primary details

Comparing Pentium N3540 and Xeon Gold 6258R processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2629	189
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	14.26
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Pentium	Intel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency	9.48	11.70
Architecture codename	Bay Trail-M (2013−2014)	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	22 May 2014 (10 years ago)	24 February 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$251	$3,950

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium N3540 and Xeon Gold 6258R 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	4 (Quad-Core)	28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads	4	56
Base clock speed	2.16 GHz	2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.66 GHz	4 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	27
L1 cache	224 KB	1.75 MB
L2 cache	2 MB	28 MB
L3 cache	2 MB L2 Cache	38.5 MB
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	74 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium N3540 and Xeon Gold 6258R 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	no data
Socket	FCBGA1170	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	7.5 Watt	205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium N3540 and Xeon Gold 6258R. 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
Smart Connect	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Pentium N3540 and Xeon Gold 6258R technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium N3540 and Xeon Gold 6258R are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium N3540 and Xeon Gold 6258R. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3L-1333	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	8 GB	1 TB
Max memory channels	2	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.32 GB/s	140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Graphics max frequency	896 MHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium N3540 and Xeon Gold 6258R integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium N3540 and Xeon Gold 6258R integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

11.2

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium N3540 and Xeon Gold 6258R.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	4	48
USB revision	3.0 and 2.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	5	no data

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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.78	26.30
Recency	22 May 2014	24 February 2020
Physical cores	4	28
Threads	4	56
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	7 Watt	205 Watt

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