Pentium Gold G6505 vs Xeon Gold 6230
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 6230 outperforms Pentium Gold G6505 by a whopping 522% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Xeon Gold 6230 and Pentium Gold G6505 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 379 | 1716 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 13.22 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Desktop processor |
| Series | Intel Xeon Gold | no data |
| Power efficiency | 12.96 | 4.49 |
| Architecture codename | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) | Comet Lake-R (2021) |
| Release date | 2 April 2019 (5 years ago) | 16 March 2021 (3 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,894 | $75 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon Gold 6230 and Pentium Gold G6505 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 | 20 (Icosa-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 40 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.9 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 3.0 | no data |
| Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | 21 | no data |
| L1 cache | 1.25 MB | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 20 MB | 256 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 27.5 MB | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 87 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 72 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Gold 6230 and Pentium Gold G6505 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 | 1200 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 125 Watt | 58 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6230 and Pentium Gold G6505. 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 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| TSX | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - | no data |
| Deep Learning Boost | + | - |
Security technologies
Xeon Gold 6230 and Pentium Gold G6505 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | + |
| EDB | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6230 and Pentium Gold G6505 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6230 and Pentium Gold G6505. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2933 | DDR4-2666 |
| Maximum memory size | 1 TB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 6 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 140.8 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | Intel UHD Graphics 630 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6230 and Pentium Gold G6505.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | 16 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 16.99 | 2.73 |
| Recency | 2 April 2019 | 16 March 2021 |
| Physical cores | 20 | 2 |
| Threads | 40 | 4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 125 Watt | 58 Watt |
Xeon Gold 6230 has a 522.3% higher aggregate performance score, and 900% more physical cores and 900% more threads.
Pentium Gold G6505, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 115.5% lower power consumption.
The Xeon Gold 6230 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold G6505 in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon Gold 6230 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium Gold G6505 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Gold 6230 and Pentium Gold G6505, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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