Celeron N2840 vs Xeon Gold 5120
Primary details
Comparing Xeon Gold 5120 and Celeron N2840 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 640 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 16.39 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Xeon Gold | Intel Celeron |
| Architecture codename | Skylake (server) (2017−2019) | Bay Trail-M (2013−2014) |
| Release date | 11 July 2017 (6 years ago) | 22 May 2014 (10 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,555 | no data |
| Current price | $379 (0.2x MSRP) | $287 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon Gold 5120 and Celeron N2840 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 | 14 (Tetradeca-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 28 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 2.16 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 2.58 GHz |
| L1 cache | 896 KB | 56K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 14 MB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 19.25 MB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 22 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 81 °C | 100 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Gold 5120 and Celeron N2840 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 | 4 (Multiprocessor) | 1 |
| Socket | FCLGA3647 | FCBGA1170 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 105 Watt | 7.5 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and Celeron N2840. 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 | + | - |
| AVX | + | no data |
| vPro | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Speed Shift | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | - |
| TSX | + | no data |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Smart Connect | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - | no data |
| Status | Discontinued | Discontinued |
Security technologies
Xeon Gold 5120 and Celeron N2840 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
| EDB | + | + |
| Secure Key | no data | + |
| Anti-Theft | no data | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and Celeron N2840 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | - |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and Celeron N2840. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2400 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 768 GB | 8 GB |
| Max memory channels | 6 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 115.212 GB/s | 21.32 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series |
| Quick Sync Video | no data | + |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 792 MHz |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Xeon Gold 5120 and Celeron N2840 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 2 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and Celeron N2840.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | 4 |
| USB revision | no data | 3.0 and 2.0 |
| Total number of SATA ports | no data | 2 |
| Number of USB ports | no data | 5 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
Xeon Gold 5120 outperforms Celeron N2840 by 2908% in Passmark.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 11 July 2017 | 22 May 2014 |
| Physical cores | 14 | 2 |
| Threads | 28 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 22 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 105 Watt | 7 Watt |
We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 5120 and Celeron N2840. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Xeon Gold 5120 is a server/workstation processor while Celeron N2840 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Gold 5120 and Celeron N2840, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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