Xeon Gold 5315Y vs Celeron B820

Place in the ranking	2873	569
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Celeron	no data
Power efficiency	1.35	8.86
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	1 July 2012 (12 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$86	no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron B820 and Xeon Gold 5315Y 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)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	2	16
Base clock speed	1.7 GHz	3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.7 GHz	3.6 GHz
Bus type	DMI 2.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	17	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	10 nm
Die size	131 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	81 °C
Number of transistors	504 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron B820 and Xeon Gold 5315Y 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)	2
Socket	FCPGA988,PGA988	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	140 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron B820 and Xeon Gold 5315Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	-	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
My WiFi	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Celeron B820 and Xeon Gold 5315Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron B820 and Xeon Gold 5315Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron B820 and Xeon Gold 5315Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	16 GB	6 TB
Max memory channels	2	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.335 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors	no data
Graphics max frequency	1.05 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron B820 and Xeon Gold 5315Y integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	2	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
SDVO	+	no data
CRT	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron B820 and Xeon Gold 5315Y.

PCIe version	2.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	16	64

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.

Celeron B820 0.51

Xeon Gold 5315Y 13.36
+2520%

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.

Celeron B820 802

Xeon Gold 5315Y 20820
+2496%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Celeron B820 280

Xeon Gold 5315Y 1403
+401%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Celeron B820 492

Xeon Gold 5315Y 8395
+1606%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.51	13.36
Recency	1 July 2012	6 April 2021
Physical cores	2	8
Threads	2	16
Chip lithography	32 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	140 Watt

Celeron B820 has 300% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5315Y, on the other hand, has a 2519.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 220% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon Gold 5315Y is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron B820 in performance tests.

Be aware that Celeron B820 is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 5315Y is a server/workstation one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron B820 and Xeon Gold 5315Y, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.