Pentium 4 660 vs Xeon Gold 6146

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6146 and Pentium 4 660 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	483	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.76	no data
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	Pentium 4
Power efficiency	8.42	no data
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	Prescott 2M
Release date	11 July 2017 (7 years ago)	no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,286	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6146 and Pentium 4 660 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	12 (Dodeca-Core)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	24	1
Base clock speed	3.2 GHz	3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.2 GHz	3.6 GHz
Bus rate	no data	800 MHz
Multiplier	32	no data
L1 cache	768 KB	no data
L2 cache	12 MB	no data
L3 cache	24.75 MB	2 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	14 nm	90 nm
Maximum core temperature	76 °C	71 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
VID voltage range	no data	1.2V-1.4V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6146 and Pentium 4 660 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)	no data
Socket	FCLGA3647	PLGA775,PPGA775
Power consumption (TDP)	165 Watt	115 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6146 and Pentium 4 660. 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	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	-
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Demand Based Switching	no data	-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
FSB parity	no data	-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6146 and Pentium 4 660 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6146 and Pentium 4 660 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 6146 and Pentium 4 660. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	no data
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	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6146 and Pentium 4 660.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	48	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	12	1
Threads	24	1
Chip lithography	14 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	165 Watt	115 Watt

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