Pentium Gold G6500 vs Xeon Silver 4210T
Primary details
Comparing Xeon Silver 4210T and Pentium Gold G6500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1713 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Desktop processor |
| Power efficiency | no data | 4.26 |
| Architecture codename | no data | Comet Lake (2020) |
| Release date | 1 January 2020 (4 years ago) | 30 April 2020 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Xeon Silver 4210T and Pentium Gold G6500 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 | 10 (Deca-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 20 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 4.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 4.1 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 8 GT/s |
| L1 cache | no data | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | no data | 256K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 13.75 MB | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 91 °C | 100 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 72 °C |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Silver 4210T and Pentium Gold G6500 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 | no data | 1 |
| Socket | FCLGA3647 | FCLGA1200 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 58 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4210T and Pentium Gold G6500. 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 | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Speed Shift | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | + |
| TSX | + | - |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - | - |
| Deep Learning Boost | + | - |
Security technologies
Xeon Silver 4210T and Pentium Gold G6500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| Secure Key | no data | + |
| Identity Protection | - | + |
| SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® ME |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4210T and Pentium Gold G6500 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4210T and Pentium Gold G6500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2400 | DDR4-2666 |
| Maximum memory size | 1 TB | 128 GB |
| Max memory channels | 6 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 41.6 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | Intel UHD Graphics 630 |
| Max video memory | no data | 64 GB |
| Quick Sync Video | - | + |
| Clear Video | no data | + |
| Clear Video HD | no data | + |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 1.1 GHz |
| InTru 3D | no data | + |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Xeon Silver 4210T and Pentium Gold G6500 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 3 |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon Silver 4210T and Pentium Gold G6500 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| 4K resolution support | no data | + |
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | no data | 4096x2160@30Hz |
| Max resolution over eDP | no data | 4096x2304@60Hz |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | no data | 4096x2304@60Hz |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Xeon Silver 4210T and Pentium Gold G6500 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | no data | 12 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.5 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4210T and Pentium Gold G6500.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | 16 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 January 2020 | 30 April 2020 |
| Physical cores | 10 | 2 |
| Threads | 20 | 4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 58 Watt |
Xeon Silver 4210T has 400% more physical cores and 400% more threads.
Pentium Gold G6500, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 months, and 63.8% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Xeon Silver 4210T and Pentium Gold G6500. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Xeon Silver 4210T is a server/workstation processor while Pentium Gold G6500 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Silver 4210T and Pentium Gold G6500, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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