Celeron 6205 vs Xeon E5-1620

General info

Comparing Xeon E5-1620 and Celeron 6205 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1368	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	4.22	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Tiger Lake
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge-E (2011−2013)	Tiger Lake U (2020)
Release date	March 2012 (12 years ago)	1 September 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$313	no data
Current price	$44 (0.1x MSRP)	no data

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Technical specs

Xeon E5-1620 and Celeron 6205 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	8	2
Base clock speed	3.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.8 GHz	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	160 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	2.5 MB
L3 cache	10240 KB (shared)	4 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	10 nm
Die size	294 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	64 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1270 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-1620 and Celeron 6205 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	no data
Socket	FCLGA2011	BGA1499
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-1620 and Celeron 6205. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX	no data
AES-NI	+	no data
AVX	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-1620 and Celeron 6205 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
Identity Protection	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-1620 and Celeron 6205 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 E5-1620 and Celeron 6205. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4, DDR4
Maximum memory size	375 GB	no data
Max memory channels	4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-1620 and Celeron 6205.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	40	no data

Advantages and disadvantages

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Physical cores	4	2
Threads	8	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	15 Watt

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