Xeon Gold 6230T vs Core 2 Quad Q6600

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Quad (Desktop) Q6600 and Xeon Gold 6230T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2375not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesCore 2 Quad (Desktop)Intel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency1.04no data
Architecture codenameKentsfield (2007)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,988

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Quad (Desktop) Q6600 and Xeon Gold 6230T 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)20 (Icosa-Core)
Threads440
Base clock speedno data2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz3.9 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rate1066 MHz4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data21
L1 cacheno data1.25 MB
L2 cacheno data20 MB
L3 cacheno data27.5 MB
Chip lithography65 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data92 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Quad (Desktop) Q6600 and Xeon Gold 6230T 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 data4 (Multiprocessor)
Socketno dataFCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Quad (Desktop) Q6600 and Xeon Gold 6230T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Core 2 Quad (Desktop) Q6600 and Xeon Gold 6230T technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Quad (Desktop) Q6600 and Xeon Gold 6230T are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Quad (Desktop) Q6600 and Xeon Gold 6230T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-2933
Maximum memory sizeno data1 TB
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidthno data140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Quad (Desktop) Q6600 and Xeon Gold 6230T.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 20
Threads 4 40
Chip lithography 65 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 125 Watt

Core 2 Quad Q6600 has 19% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6230T, on the other hand, has 400% more physical cores and 900% more threads, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Quad Q6600 and Xeon Gold 6230T. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core 2 Quad Q6600 is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 6230T is a server/workstation one.


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