Xeon 5110 vs Gold 5120

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon 5110 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking684not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.02no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Power efficiency10.27no data
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Woodcrest (2006)
Release date11 July 2017 (7 years ago)June 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,555$20

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon 5110 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 cores14 (Tetradeca-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads282
Base clock speed2.2 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz1.6 GHz
Multiplier22no data
L1 cache896 KB0 KB
L2 cache14 MB4 MB
L3 cache19.25 MB0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm65 nm
Maximum core temperature81 °C65 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-
VID voltage rangeno dataB2=1.0V-1.5V, G0=.85V-1.5V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon 5110 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 configuration4 (Multiprocessor)1
SocketFCLGA3647LGA771
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon 5110. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512no data
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
TSX+-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
FSB parityno data+

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon 5110 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon 5110 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon 5110. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR2
Maximum memory size768 GBno data
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth115.212 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon 5110.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes48no data

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.

Xeon Gold 5120 18111
+4372%
Xeon 5110 405

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 14 2
Threads 28 2
Chip lithography 14 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 65 Watt

Xeon Gold 5120 has 600% more physical cores and 1300% more threads, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

Xeon 5110, on the other hand, has 61.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon 5110. We've got no test results to judge.


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