Xeon Gold 5520 vs Pentium SU4100

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium SU4100 and Xeon Gold 5520 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)no data
Release date1 September 2009 (15 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium SU4100 and Xeon Gold 5520 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)28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads256
Base clock speed1.3 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed1.3 GHz4 GHz
L1 cache64 KBno data
L2 cache2 MBno data
L3 cache0 KB52.5 MB
Chip lithography45 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size107 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °C85 °C
Number of transistors410 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium SU4100 and Xeon Gold 5520 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 configuration1no data
SocketBGA956FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium SU4100 and Xeon Gold 5520. 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-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Pentium SU4100 and Xeon Gold 5520 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 SU4100 and Xeon Gold 5520 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x-+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium SU4100 and Xeon Gold 5520. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium SU4100 and Xeon Gold 5520.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2009 1 October 2023
Physical cores 2 28
Threads 2 56
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 205 Watt

Pentium SU4100 has 1950% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5520, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, and 1300% more physical cores and 2700% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Pentium SU4100 and Xeon Gold 5520. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pentium SU4100 is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 5520 is a server/workstation one.


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