Xeon Silver 4516Y vs Celeron N4120

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Primary details

Comparing Celeron N4120 and Xeon Silver 4516Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2099not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesIntel Gemini Lakeno data
Power efficiency24.62no data
Architecture codenameGemini Lake Refresh (2019)no data
Release date4 November 2019 (4 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron N4120 and Xeon Silver 4516Y 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads448
Base clock speed1.1 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz3.7 GHz
L2 cache4 MBno data
L3 cache4 MB45 MB
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature105 °C81 °C
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N4120 and Xeon Silver 4516Y 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
SocketFCBGA1090FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt185 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N4120 and Xeon Silver 4516Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Celeron N4120 and Xeon Silver 4516Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
Identity Protection+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard++
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N4120 and Xeon Silver 4516Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N4120 and Xeon Silver 4516Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size8 GB4 TB
Max memory channels28
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 600no data
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency700 MHzno data
Execution Units12no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N4120 and Xeon Silver 4516Y integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron N4120 and Xeon Silver 4516Y integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2160@30Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2160@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2160@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron N4120 and Xeon Silver 4516Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.4no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N4120 and Xeon Silver 4516Y.

PCIe version2.05.0
PCI Express lanes680
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports8no data
Integrated LAN-no data
UART+no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 November 2019 1 October 2023
Physical cores 4 24
Threads 4 48
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 185 Watt

Celeron N4120 has 2983.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon Silver 4516Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Celeron N4120 and Xeon Silver 4516Y. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Celeron N4120 is a notebook processor while Xeon Silver 4516Y is a server/workstation one.


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