Xeon Gold 5318N vs Pentium 4 506

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 4 506 and Xeon Gold 5318N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Server
Architecture codename	Prescott (2001−2005)	Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	June 2005 (19 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium 4 506 and Xeon Gold 5318N 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	1 (Single-Core)	24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads	1	48
Base clock speed	2.66 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.66 GHz	3.4 GHz
L1 cache	16 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	36 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	90 nm	10 nm
Die size	109 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	68 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	83 °C
Number of transistors	125 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
VID voltage range	1.25V-1.4V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 4 506 and Xeon Gold 5318N 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	2
Socket	PLGA775	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	84 Watt	150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 4 506 and Xeon Gold 5318N. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
TSX	-	+
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Pentium 4 506 and Xeon Gold 5318N technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	+	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 4 506 and Xeon Gold 5318N are enumerated here.

VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	-	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 4 506 and Xeon Gold 5318N. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3	DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size	no data	6 TB
Max memory channels	no data	8
ECC memory support	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 4 506 and Xeon Gold 5318N.

PCIe version	no data	4.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	64

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	1	24
Threads	1	48
Chip lithography	90 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	84 Watt	150 Watt

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