Xeon W-3245 vs Pentium U5600
Aggregate performance score
Xeon W-3245 outperforms Pentium U5600 by a whopping 4934% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3306 | 407 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 3.98 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | Intel Pentium | Intel Xeon W |
| Power efficiency | no data | 9.22 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | Intel | no data |
| Architecture codename | Arrandale (2010−2011) | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) |
| Release date | 9 January 2011 (14 years ago) | 3 June 2019 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $1,999 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Pentium U5600 and Xeon W-3245 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) | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 32 |
| Base clock speed | 1.33 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.33 GHz | 4.6 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 1.0 | DMI 3.0 |
| Bus rate | 1 × 2.5 GT/s | 4 × 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | 10 | 32 |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 1 MB |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | 3 MB (shared) | 22 MB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 81+114 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | 77 °C |
| Number of transistors | 384 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium U5600 and Xeon W-3245 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) | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | Intel BGA1288 | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 18 Watt | 205 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium U5600 and Xeon W-3245. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | 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 |
| PAE | 36 Bit | no data |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | + |
| FDI | + | no data |
| Fast Memory Access | + | no data |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Pentium U5600 and Xeon W-3245 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | + |
| EDB | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium U5600 and Xeon W-3245 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | - | + |
| VT-x | - | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium U5600 and Xeon W-3245. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4-2933 |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB | 1 TB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 6 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 12.799 GB/s | 140.8 GB/s |
| 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 | 500 MHz | no data |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pentium U5600 and Xeon W-3245 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 2 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium U5600 and Xeon W-3245.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | 64 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.35 | 17.62 |
| Recency | 9 January 2011 | 3 June 2019 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 16 |
| Threads | 2 | 32 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 18 Watt | 205 Watt |
Pentium U5600 has 1038.9% lower power consumption.
Xeon W-3245, on the other hand, has a 4934.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, 700% more physical cores and 1500% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.
The Intel Xeon W-3245 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium U5600 in performance tests.
Be aware that Pentium U5600 is a notebook processor while Xeon W-3245 is a server/workstation one.
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