Xeon Gold 6530 vs Celeron 2950M
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 6530 outperforms Celeron 2950M by a whopping 5213% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Celeron 2950M and Xeon Gold 6530 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 2594 | 58 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | Intel Celeron | no data |
| Architecture codename | Haswell (2013−2015) | Emerald Rapids (2023) |
| Release date | 1 October 2013 (10 years ago) | 14 December 2023 (less than a year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $75 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Celeron 2950M and Xeon Gold 6530 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 32 (Dotriaconta-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 64 |
| Base clock speed | 2 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2 GHz | 4 GHz |
| Bus rate | 5 GT/s | no data |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 80 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | 2 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | 160 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | Intel 7 nm |
| Die size | 130 mm2 | 2x 763 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 105 °C | 74 °C |
| Number of transistors | 960 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron 2950M and Xeon Gold 6530 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 | 2 |
| Socket | FCPGA946 | FCLGA4677 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 37 Watt | 270 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 2950M and Xeon Gold 6530. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 | Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Status | Discontinued | Launched |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Celeron 2950M and Xeon Gold 6530 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| Secure Key | + | no data |
| SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® SPS |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
| Anti-Theft | - | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 2950M and Xeon Gold 6530 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | - | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 2950M and Xeon Gold 6530. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR5 @ 4800 MT/s (1 DPC) |
| Maximum memory size | 32 GB | 4 TB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 8 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel® HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel® Processors | N/A |
| Graphics max frequency | 1.1 GHz | no data |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 2950M and Xeon Gold 6530 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 3 | no data |
| eDP | + | no data |
| DisplayPort | + | - |
| HDMI | + | - |
| VGA | + | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 2950M and Xeon Gold 6530.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | 80 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
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. 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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.80 | 42.50 |
| Recency | 1 October 2013 | 14 December 2023 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 32 |
| Threads | 2 | 64 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 37 Watt | 270 Watt |
Celeron 2950M has 629.7% lower power consumption.
Xeon Gold 6530, on the other hand, has a 5212.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, and 1500% more physical cores and 3100% more threads.
The Xeon Gold 6530 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron 2950M in performance tests.
Be aware that Celeron 2950M is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 6530 is a server/workstation one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron 2950M and Xeon Gold 6530, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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