Xeon Gold 6534 vs Core 2 Duo P8400

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Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo P8400 and Xeon Gold 6534 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2841not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesIntel Core 2 Duono data
Power efficiency2.01no data
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date15 July 2008 (16 years ago)14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$209$2,816

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo P8400 and Xeon Gold 6534 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)
Threads216
Base clock speed2.26 GHz3.9 GHz
Boost clock speed2.26 GHz4.2 GHz
Bus rate1066 MHzno data
L1 cache128 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache3 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache3 MB L2 Cache22.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size107 mm22x 763 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data64 °C
Number of transistors410 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
VID voltage range1.05V-1.15Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo P8400 and Xeon Gold 6534 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 configurationno data2
SocketBGA479,PBGA479,PGA478FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt195 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo P8400 and Xeon Gold 6534. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo P8400 and Xeon Gold 6534 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo P8400 and Xeon Gold 6534 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo P8400 and Xeon Gold 6534. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-4800
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo P8400 and Xeon Gold 6534.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 July 2008 14 December 2023
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 2 16
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 195 Watt

Core 2 Duo P8400 has 680% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6534, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 15 years, and 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo P8400 and Xeon Gold 6534. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Core 2 Duo P8400 is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 6534 is a server/workstation one.


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