Pentium Gold G4620 vs Xeon Platinum 8256

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8256 and Pentium Gold G4620 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	730	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.89	no data
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Xeon Platinum	Intel Pentium, Pentium Gold
Power efficiency	9.53	no data
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake-SP (2018−2019)	Kaby Lake (2016−2019)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	3 January 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$7,007	$93

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8256 and Pentium Gold G4620 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	8	4
Base clock speed	3.8 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.9 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	no data	8 GT/s
Multiplier	38	37
L1 cache	256 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	4 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	16.5 MB (shared)	3 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	72 °C	no data
Number of transistors	8,000 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8256 and Pentium Gold G4620 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	8 (Multiprocessor)	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA3647	LGA-1151
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	51 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8256 and Pentium Gold G4620. 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 Platinum 8256 and Pentium Gold G4620 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 Platinum 8256 and Pentium Gold G4620 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8256 and Pentium Gold G4620. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR3L-1600
Maximum memory size	1 TB	64 GB
Max memory channels	6	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	140.8 GB/s	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

Intel HD Graphics 630

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8256 and Pentium Gold G4620.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	16

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 April 2019	3 January 2017
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	8	4
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	51 Watt

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