Xeon Platinum 8558 vs Pentium P6000

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium P6000 and Xeon Platinum 8558 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2881not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesIntel Pentiumno data
Power efficiency1.38no data
Architecture codenameArrandale (2010−2011)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date20 June 2010 (14 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$4,650

Detailed specifications

Pentium P6000 and Xeon Platinum 8558 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)48 (Octatetraconta-Core)
Threads296
Base clock speed1.86 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed1.88 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeDMI 1.0no data
Bus rate1 × 2.5 GT/sno data
Multiplier14no data
L1 cache64K (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache3 MB (shared)260 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size81+114 mm22x 763 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data78 °C
Number of transistors384 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium P6000 and Xeon Platinum 8558 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)2
SocketPGA988FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt330 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium P6000 and Xeon Platinum 8558. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
FMA+-
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
PAE36 Bitno data
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Pentium P6000 and Xeon Platinum 8558 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium P6000 and Xeon Platinum 8558 are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-x-+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium P6000 and Xeon Platinum 8558. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5 @ 5200 MT/s (1 DPC)
Maximum memory size8 GB4 TB
Max memory channels28
Maximum memory bandwidth17.051 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel ProcessorsN/A
Clear Video+no data
Graphics max frequency667 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium P6000 and Xeon Platinum 8558 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium P6000 and Xeon Platinum 8558.

PCIe version2.05.0
PCI Express lanes1680

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 June 2010 14 December 2023
Physical cores 2 48
Threads 2 96
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 330 Watt

Pentium P6000 has 842.9% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8558, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, and 2300% more physical cores and 4700% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Pentium P6000 and Xeon Platinum 8558. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pentium P6000 is a notebook processor while Xeon Platinum 8558 is a server/workstation one.


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