Xeon 6960P vs Pentium P6300

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium P6300 and Xeon 6960P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2873not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesIntel Pentiumno data
Power efficiency1.43no data
Architecture codenameArrandale (2010−2011)Granite Rapids (2024)
Release date11 January 2011 (13 years ago)24 September 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium P6300 and Xeon 6960P 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)72 (Doheptaconta-Core)
Threads2144
Base clock speed2.27 GHz2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed0.07 GHz3.9 GHz
Bus typeDMI 1.0no data
Bus rate1 × 2.5 GT/sno data
Multiplier17no data
L1 cache128 KB112 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache3 MB (shared)432 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm5 nm
Die size81+114 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data80 °C
Number of transistors382 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium P6300 and Xeon 6960P 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
SocketPGA9887529
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt500 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium P6300 and Xeon 6960P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
FMA+-
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
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

Security technologies

Pentium P6300 and Xeon 6960P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium P6300 and Xeon 6960P are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-x-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium P6300 and Xeon 6960P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth17.051 GB/sno data

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 P6300 and Xeon 6960P integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium P6300 and Xeon 6960P.

PCIe version2.05.0
PCI Express lanes1696

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 January 2011 24 September 2024
Physical cores 2 72
Threads 2 144
Chip lithography 32 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 500 Watt

Pentium P6300 has 1328.6% lower power consumption.

Xeon 6960P, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, 3500% more physical cores and 7100% more threads, and a 540% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Pentium P6300 and Xeon 6960P. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pentium P6300 is a notebook processor while Xeon 6960P is a server/workstation one.


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