Celeron 897 vs Xeon Gold 6126

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6126 and Celeron 897 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking643not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.24no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon GoldIntel Celeron
Power efficiency9.15no data
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date25 April 2017 (7 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$1,776no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6126 and Celeron 897 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads242
Base clock speed2.6 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0DMI 2.0
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplier2616
L1 cache768 KB128 KB
L2 cache12 MB512 KB
L3 cache19.25 MB2 MB
Chip lithography14 nm32 nm
Die sizeno data131 mm2
Maximum core temperature86 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data504 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6126 and Celeron 897 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCLGA3647no data
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6126 and Celeron 897. 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+-
FMA-+
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6126 and Celeron 897 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 Gold 6126 and Celeron 897 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6126 and Celeron 897. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR3-1333
Maximum memory size768 GB16 GB
Max memory channels62
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/s21.335 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6126 and Celeron 897.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes48no data

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 12 2
Threads 24 2
Chip lithography 14 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 17 Watt

Xeon Gold 6126 has 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

Celeron 897, on the other hand, has 635.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 6126 and Celeron 897. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Gold 6126 is a server/workstation processor while Celeron 897 is a notebook one.


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