Xeon Gold 6554S vs Pentium Silver A1030

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium Silver A1030 and Xeon Gold 6554S 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 codenameno dataEmerald Rapids (2023)
Release date1 July 2020 (4 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$3,157

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver A1030 and Xeon Gold 6554S 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)36
Threads272
Base clock speed2 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz4 GHz
L1 cacheno data80 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data2 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB180 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data2x 763 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 deg Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data74 °C
64 bit support++

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver A1030 and Xeon Gold 6554S 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 configuration12
SocketFCBGA1090FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt270 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Xeon Gold 6554S. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX-+
vPro-no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift-+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
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 Gold 6554S technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
Identity Protection+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard++
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Xeon Gold 6554S are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Xeon Gold 6554S. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesupto-2400DDR5 @ 5200 MT/s (1 DPC)
Maximum memory size8 GB4 TB
Max memory channels28
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency700 GHzno data
Execution Units12no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver A1030 and Xeon Gold 6554S integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Xeon Gold 6554S integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Xeon Gold 6554S integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.4no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and Xeon Gold 6554S.

PCIe version2.05.0
PCI Express lanes680
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports8no data
Integrated LAN-no data
UART+no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 July 2020 14 December 2023
Physical cores 2 36
Threads 2 72
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 270 Watt

Pentium Silver A1030 has 1700% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6554S, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and 1700% more physical cores and 3500% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Pentium Silver A1030 and Xeon Gold 6554S. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pentium Silver A1030 is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 6554S is a server/workstation one.


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