Xeon 6780E vs Pentium Silver A1030

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2830	50
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	1.28
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Power efficiency	2.21	6.33
Designer	Intel	Intel
Manufacturer	no data	Intel
Architecture codename	no data	Sierra Forest (2024)
Release date	1 July 2020 (5 years ago)	3 June 2024 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$11,350

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver A1030 and Xeon 6780E 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)	144
Threads	2	144
Base clock speed	2 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.7 GHz	3 GHz
L1 cache	no data	96 KB (per core)
L2 cache	no data	4 MB (per module)
L3 cache	4 MB	108 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	Intel 3 nm
Maximum core temperature	105 deg C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	85 °C
64 bit support	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver A1030 and Xeon 6780E 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	2
Socket	FCBGA1090	FCLGA4710
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	330 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Xeon 6780E. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	-	+
vPro	-	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Smart Response	-	no data
GPIO	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Pentium Silver A1030 and Xeon 6780E technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
MPX	+	-
Identity Protection	+	-
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	+
OS Guard	+	+
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Xeon 6780E are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Xeon 6780E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	upto-2400	DDR5-6400
Maximum memory size	8 GB	4 TB
Max memory channels	2	8
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	N/A
Max video memory	8 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Graphics max frequency	700 GHz	no data
Execution Units	12	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver A1030 and Xeon 6780E integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
MIPI-DSI	+	no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Xeon 6780E integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support

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no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Xeon 6780E integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	no data
OpenGL	4.4	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Xeon 6780E.

PCIe version	2.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	6	88
USB revision	2.0/3.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	8	no data
Integrated LAN	-	no data
UART	+	no data

Synthetic benchmarks

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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.78	49.09
Recency	1 July 2020	3 June 2024
Physical cores	2	144
Threads	2	144
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	330 Watt

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