Xeon Silver 4509Y vs Celeron G6900

Primary details

Comparing Celeron G6900 and Xeon Silver 4509Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1733not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency5.80no data
Architecture codenameAlder Lake-S (2022)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date4 January 2022 (3 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$563

Detailed specifications

Celeron G6900 and Xeon Silver 4509Y 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)
Performance-cores2no data
Threads216
Base clock speed3.4 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz4.1 GHz
L1 cache80K (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1.25 MB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)22.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data84 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron G6900 and Xeon Silver 4509Y 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 configuration12
SocketFCLGA1700FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)46 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron G6900 and Xeon Silver 4509Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Celeron G6900 and Xeon Silver 4509Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron G6900 and Xeon Silver 4509Y are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron G6900 and Xeon Silver 4509Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-4800, DDR4-3200DDR5 @ 4400 MT/s (1 DPC &2DPC)
Maximum memory size128 GB4 TB
Max memory channels28
Maximum memory bandwidth76.8 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 710N/A
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.3 GHzno data
Execution Units16no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron G6900 and Xeon Silver 4509Y integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported4no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron G6900 and Xeon Silver 4509Y integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2160 @ 60Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP5120 x 3200 @ 120Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort7680 x 4320 @ 60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron G6900 and Xeon Silver 4509Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron G6900 and Xeon Silver 4509Y.

PCIe version5.0 and 4.05
PCI Express lanes2080

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 January 2022 14 December 2023
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 2 16
Power consumption (TDP) 46 Watt 125 Watt

Celeron G6900 has 171.7% lower power consumption.

Xeon Silver 4509Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Celeron G6900 and Xeon Silver 4509Y. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Celeron G6900 is a desktop processor while Xeon Silver 4509Y is a server/workstation one.

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