Celeron 6205 vs Xeon Gold 6250

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6250 and Celeron 6205 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	565	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Tiger Lake
Power efficiency	6.74	no data
Architecture codename	no data	Tiger Lake U (2020)
Release date	1 January 2020 (4 years ago)	1 September 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6250 and Celeron 6205 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	8 (Octa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	16	2
Base clock speed	3.9 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	4.5 GHz	2/2 GHz
L1 cache	no data	160 KB
L2 cache	no data	2.5 MB
L3 cache	35.75 MB	4 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Maximum core temperature	60 °C	no data
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6250 and Celeron 6205 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.

Socket	FCLGA3647	BGA1499
Power consumption (TDP)	185 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6250 and Celeron 6205. 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	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
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 6250 and Celeron 6205 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 6250 and Celeron 6205 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6250 and Celeron 6205. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR4
Maximum memory size	1 TB	no data
Max memory channels	6	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6250 and Celeron 6205.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	48	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 January 2020	1 September 2020
Physical cores	8	2
Threads	16	2
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	185 Watt	15 Watt

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