Xeon Gold 6330N vs Celeron B820

Place in performance ranking	2826	211
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Celeron	no data
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	no data
Release date	31 July 2011 (13 years ago)	1 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$86	no data

Detailed specifications

Celeron B820 and Xeon Gold 6330N 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)	28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads	2	56
Base clock speed	1.7 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.7 GHz	3.4 GHz
Bus type	DMI 2.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	17	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	no data
L2 cache	512 KB	no data
L3 cache	2 MB	42 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	10 nm
Die size	131 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	86 °C
Number of transistors	504 million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron B820 and Xeon Gold 6330N 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)	no data
Socket	FCPGA988,PGA988	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron B820 and Xeon Gold 6330N. 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	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
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
Status	Discontinued	Launched
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Celeron B820 and Xeon Gold 6330N 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 6330N 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 6330N. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-2667
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 6330N 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 6330N.

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 0.52

Xeon Gold 6330N 23.51
+4421%

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 811

Xeon Gold 6330N 36360
+4383%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.52	23.51
Recency	31 July 2011	1 April 2021
Physical cores	2	28
Threads	2	56
Chip lithography	32 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	165 Watt

Celeron B820 has 371.4% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6330N, on the other hand, has a 4421.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, 1300% more physical cores and 2700% more threads, and a 220% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon Gold 6330N 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 6330N is a server/workstation one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron B820 and Xeon Gold 6330N, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.