Pentium E5700 vs Xeon Gold 6128

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6128 and Pentium E5700 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	835	2611
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	6.21	0.01
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	no data
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	Wolfdale (2008−2010)
Release date	25 April 2017 (7 years ago)	8 August 2010 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,697	$110
Current price	$571 (0.3x MSRP)	$47 (0.4x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 6128 has 62000% better value for money than Pentium E5700.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6128 and Pentium E5700 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	12	2
Base clock speed	3.4 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	3 GHz
Bus support	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	384 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	6 MB	2 MB (shared)
L3 cache	19.25 MB	0 KB
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm
Die size	no data	82 mm2
Maximum core temperature	74 °C	74 °C
Number of transistors	no data	228 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No
VID voltage range	no data	0.85V-1.3625V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6128 and Pentium E5700 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	LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6128 and Pentium E5700. 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	+
Thermal Monitoring	no data	+
Demand Based Switching	no data	-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6128 and Pentium E5700 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6128 and Pentium E5700 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6128 and Pentium E5700. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Maximum memory size	768 GB	no data
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	128.001 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6128 and Pentium E5700.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	48	no 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.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon Gold 6128 outperforms Pentium E5700 by 1121% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	8.55	0.70
Recency	25 April 2017	8 August 2010
Physical cores	6	2
Threads	12	2
Cost	$1697	$110
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	65 Watt

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