Pentium 917 vs Xeon Bronze 3104

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Bronze 3104 and Pentium 917 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1672	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.30	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon Bronze	Intel Pentium
Power efficiency	3.11	no data
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	11 July 2017 (7 years ago)	no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$213	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Bronze 3104 and Pentium 917 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	6	2
Base clock speed	1.7 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1.7 GHz	1.8 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 2.0
Bus rate	no data	4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplier	17	no data
L1 cache	384 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	6 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	8.25 MB	2 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Die size	no data	131 mm2
Maximum core temperature	78 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	504 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Bronze 3104 and Pentium 917 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	2 (Multiprocessor)	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA3647	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Bronze 3104 and Pentium 917. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	no data
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	-	+
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
TSX	+	-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data

Security technologies

Xeon Bronze 3104 and Pentium 917 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Bronze 3104 and Pentium 917 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Bronze 3104 and Pentium 917. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2133	DDR3-1333
Maximum memory size	768 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	6	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	102.403 GB/s	21.335 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Bronze 3104 and Pentium 917.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	48	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	6	2
Threads	6	2
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	17 Watt

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