Pentium P6300 vs Xeon W-2104

Primary details

Comparing Xeon W-2104 and Pentium P6300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1535	2853
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	5.45	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon W	Intel Pentium
Power efficiency	2.73	1.41
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	Arrandale (2010−2011)
Release date	29 August 2017 (7 years ago)	11 January 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$255	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon W-2104 and Pentium P6300 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	4	2
Base clock speed	3.2 GHz	2.27 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	0.07 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	DMI 1.0
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	1 × 2.5 GT/s
Multiplier	32	17
L1 cache	256 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	4 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	8.25 MB (shared)	3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Die size	484 mm2	81+114 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	66 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	382 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W-2104 and Pentium P6300 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	1 (Uniprocessor)	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA2066	PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-2104 and Pentium P6300. 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	+	-
FMA	-	+
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
TSX	+	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	-	+
Demand Based Switching	+	-
PAE	46 Bit	36 Bit
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
FDI	no data	+
Fast Memory Access	no data	+

Security technologies

Xeon W-2104 and Pentium P6300 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	-
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
MPX	+	-
Identity Protection	+	-
SGX	-	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon W-2104 and Pentium P6300 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W-2104 and Pentium P6300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400	DDR3
Maximum memory size	512 GB	8 GB
Max memory channels	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	76.805 GB/s	17.051 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	Intel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® Processors
Clear Video	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	667 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon W-2104 and Pentium P6300 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W-2104 and Pentium P6300.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
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.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	3.59	0.54
Recency	29 August 2017	11 January 2011
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	35 Watt

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