Xeon Gold 5320 vs Pentium P6100

Place in the ranking	2839	219
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Pentium	no data
Power efficiency	1.48	12.03
Architecture codename	Arrandale (2010−2011)	Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	26 September 2010 (14 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$12	no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium P6100 and Xeon Gold 5320 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)	26 (Hexacosa-Core)
Threads	2	52
Base clock speed	2 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	3.4 GHz
Bus type	DMI 1.0	no data
Bus rate	1 × 2.5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	15	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	39 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	10 nm
Die size	81+114 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	79 °C
Number of transistors	384 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium P6100 and Xeon Gold 5320 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 (Uniprocessor)	2
Socket	PGA988	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	185 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium P6100 and Xeon Gold 5320. 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	-	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	-	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no 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
PAE	36 Bit	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Pentium P6100 and Xeon Gold 5320 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 P6100 and Xeon Gold 5320 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium P6100 and Xeon Gold 5320. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	8 GB	6 TB
Max memory channels	2	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	17.051 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel Processors	no data
Clear Video	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	667 MHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium P6100 and Xeon Gold 5320 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium P6100 and Xeon Gold 5320.

PCIe version	2.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	16	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.

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.

Pentium P6100 0.55

Xeon Gold 5320 23.64
+4198%

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.

Pentium P6100 881

Xeon Gold 5320 37558
+4163%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.55	23.64
Recency	26 September 2010	6 April 2021
Physical cores	2	26
Threads	2	52
Chip lithography	32 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	185 Watt

Pentium P6100 has 428.6% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5320, on the other hand, has a 4198.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, 1200% more physical cores and 2500% more threads, and a 220% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon Gold 5320 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium P6100 in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium P6100 is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 5320 is a server/workstation one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium P6100 and Xeon Gold 5320, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.