Celeron G6900T vs Xeon E5220

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5220 and Celeron G6900T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1764
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Power efficiencyno data6.68
Architecture codenameno dataAlder Lake-S (2022)
Release date1 January 2008 (16 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5220 and Celeron G6900T 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 coresno data2 (Dual-core)
Performance-coresno data2
Threadsno data2
Base clock speed2.33 GHz2.8 GHz
Boost clock speedno data2.8 GHz
L1 cacheno data80K (per core)
L2 cacheno data1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache6 MB L2 Cache4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature66 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range0.85V-1.35Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5220 and Celeron G6900T 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 configurationno data1
SocketLGA771FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5220 and Celeron G6900T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
TSX-+
Idle States-+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switching-no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
FSB parity-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E5220 and Celeron G6900T technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5220 and Celeron G6900T are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5220 and Celeron G6900T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data76.8 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics 710
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.3 GHz
Execution Unitsno data16

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E5220 and Celeron G6900T integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E5220 and Celeron G6900T integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2160 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E5220 and Celeron G6900T integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5220 and Celeron G6900T.

PCIe versionno data5.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2008 4 January 2022
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt

Celeron G6900T has an age advantage of 14 years, and 85.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5220 and Celeron G6900T. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E5220 is a server/workstation processor while Celeron G6900T is a desktop one.


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