Pentium Extreme Edition 955 vs Xeon Gold 6542Y
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 6542Y outperforms Pentium Extreme Edition 955 by a whopping 12533% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 129 | 3399 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 12.06 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Desktop processor |
| Power efficiency | 14.63 | 0.22 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | Intel | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Emerald Rapids (2023) | Presler (2005−2007) |
| Release date | 14 December 2023 (1 year ago) | 27 December 2005 (19 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $2,878 | $999 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Xeon Gold 6542Y and Pentium Extreme Edition 955 have a nearly equal value for money.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon Gold 6542Y and Pentium Extreme Edition 955 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 | 24 (Tetracosa-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 48 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 2.9 GHz | 3.466 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.1 GHz | 0.47 GHz |
| L1 cache | 80 KB (per core) | 16 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB (per core) | 2 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 60 MB (shared) | no data |
| Chip lithography | Intel 7 nm | 65 nm |
| Die size | 2x 763 mm2 | 2x 81 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 83 °C | 69 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 376 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Gold 6542Y and Pentium Extreme Edition 955 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 | 2 | 1 |
| Socket | FCLGA4677 | 775 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 130 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6542Y and Pentium Extreme Edition 955. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| vPro | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Speed Shift | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| TSX | + | - |
| Deep Learning Boost | + | - |
Security technologies
Xeon Gold 6542Y and Pentium Extreme Edition 955 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
| SGX | Yes with Intel® SPS | no data |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6542Y and Pentium Extreme Edition 955 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 6542Y and Pentium Extreme Edition 955. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5-5200 | DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Depends on motherboard |
| Maximum memory size | 4 TB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 8 | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | N/A | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6542Y and Pentium Extreme Edition 955.
| PCIe version | 5.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 80 | no data |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 34.11 | 0.27 |
| Recency | 14 December 2023 | 27 December 2005 |
| Physical cores | 24 | 2 |
| Threads | 48 | 4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 130 Watt |
Xeon Gold 6542Y has a 12533.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 17 years, and 1100% more physical cores and 1100% more threads.
Pentium Extreme Edition 955, on the other hand, has 92.3% lower power consumption.
The Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 955 in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon Gold 6542Y is a server/workstation processor while Pentium Extreme Edition 955 is a desktop one.
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