Xeon Gold 6312U vs Celeron N5105

Place in the ranking	1748	186
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Server
Power efficiency	24.13	13.63
Architecture codename	Jasper Lake (2021)	Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	11 January 2021 (3 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron N5105 and Xeon Gold 6312U 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	4 (Quad-Core)	24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads	4	48
Base clock speed	2 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.9 GHz	3.6 GHz
L1 cache	no data	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1.5 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	36 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	10 nm	10 nm
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	80 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N5105 and Xeon Gold 6312U 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	1
Socket	FCBGA1338	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	185 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N5105 and Xeon Gold 6312U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	-	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
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 N5105 and Xeon Gold 6312U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	no data	+
Identity Protection	+	-
SGX	-	Yes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N5105 and Xeon Gold 6312U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N5105 and Xeon Gold 6312U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	16 GB	6 TB
Max memory channels	2	8
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel UHD Graphics	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz	no data
Execution Units	24	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N5105 and Xeon Gold 6312U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
MIPI-DSI	+	no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron N5105 and Xeon Gold 6312U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	+	no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096x2160@60Hz	no data
Max resolution over eDP	4096x2160@60Hz	no data
Max resolution over DisplayPort	4096x2160@60Hz	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron N5105 and Xeon Gold 6312U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	no data
OpenGL	4.5	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N5105 and Xeon Gold 6312U.

PCIe version	no data	4.0
PCI Express lanes	8	64
USB revision	2.0/3.2	no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	14	no data
Integrated LAN	-	no data
UART	+	no data

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 N5105 2.55

Xeon Gold 6312U 26.65
+945%

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 N5105 4055

Xeon Gold 6312U 42329
+944%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.55	26.65
Recency	11 January 2021	6 April 2021
Physical cores	4	24
Threads	4	48
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	185 Watt

Celeron N5105 has 1750% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6312U, on the other hand, has a 945.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 months, and 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads.

The Xeon Gold 6312U is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron N5105 in performance tests.

Note that Celeron N5105 is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 6312U is a server/workstation one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron N5105 and Xeon Gold 6312U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.