i3-N300 vs Xeon Gold 6129

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6129 and Core i3-N300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1156
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Power efficiencyno data73.28
Architecture codenameno dataAlder Lake-N (2023)
Release date1 April 2018 (6 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$309

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6129 and Core i3-N300 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads328
Base clock speed2.3 GHz0.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz3.8 GHz
L1 cacheno data96 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data2 MB (per module)
L3 cache22 MB6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6129 and Core i3-N300 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
SocketFCLGA3647FCBGA1264
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt7 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6129 and Core i3-N300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX-+
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
TSX+-
Thermal Monitoring-+
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6129 and Core i3-N300 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6129 and Core i3-N300 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6129 and Core i3-N300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800, LPDDR5-4800
Maximum memory size768 GB16 GB
Max memory channels61
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.25 GHz
Execution Unitsno data32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon Gold 6129 and Core i3-N300 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon Gold 6129 and Core i3-N300 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096 x 2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon Gold 6129 and Core i3-N300 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6129 and Core i3-N300.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes489
USB revisionno data2.0/3.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2018 3 January 2023
Physical cores 16 8
Threads 32 8
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 7 Watt

Xeon Gold 6129 has 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

i3-N300, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and 1614.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 6129 and Core i3-N300. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Gold 6129 is a server/workstation processor while Core i3-N300 is a notebook one.


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