Xeon Gold 5515 vs Celeron 2961Y

Primary details

Comparing Celeron 2961Y and Xeon Gold 5515 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesIntel Celeronno data
Architecture codenameHaswell (2013−2015)no data
Release date1 December 2013 (10 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$107no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron 2961Y and Xeon Gold 5515 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 cores2 (Dual-core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads216
Base clock speed1.1 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed1.1 GHz4.1 GHz
Bus rate5 GT/sno data
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache256K (per core)no data
L3 cache2 MB (shared)22.5 MB
Chip lithography22 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size118 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °C76 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)105 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 2961Y and Xeon Gold 5515 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 configuration1no data
SocketFCBGA1168FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)11.5 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 2961Y and Xeon Gold 5515. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Smart Connect+no data
FDI-no data
AMT9.5no data
Matrix Storage-no data
HD Audio+no data
RST+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Celeron 2961Y and Xeon Gold 5515 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 2961Y and Xeon Gold 5515 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-d-+
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 2961Y and Xeon Gold 5515. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size16 GB4 TB
Max memory channels28
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel® Processorsno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Graphics max frequency850 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 2961Y and Xeon Gold 5515 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 2961Y and Xeon Gold 5515.

PCIe version2.05.0
PCI Express lanes1280
PCI support-no data
USB revision3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports4no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports4no data
Integrated IDE-no data
Number of USB ports4no data
Integrated LAN-no data
UART+no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 December 2013 1 October 2023
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 2 16
Power consumption (TDP) 11 Watt 165 Watt

Celeron 2961Y has 1400% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5515, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, and 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Celeron 2961Y and Xeon Gold 5515. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Celeron 2961Y is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 5515 is a server/workstation one.


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