Xeon Gold 6558Q vs Pentium D 945

Primary details

Comparing Pentium D 945 and Xeon Gold 6558Q processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Architecture codenamePresler (2005−2007)no data
Release date23 July 2006 (18 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$163no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium D 945 and Xeon Gold 6558Q 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)32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads264
Base clock speed3.4 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz4.1 GHz
L1 cache16 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache2 MB (per die)no data
L3 cache0 KB60 MB
Chip lithography65 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size2x 81 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data66 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)63 °Cno data
Number of transistors376 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
VID voltage range1.2V-1.3375Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium D 945 and Xeon Gold 6558Q 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
SocketLGA775,PLGA775FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt350 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 945 and Xeon Gold 6558Q. 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-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
PAE32 Bitno data
FSB parity-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Pentium D 945 and Xeon Gold 6558Q 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 Pentium D 945 and Xeon Gold 6558Q are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-x-+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium D 945 and Xeon Gold 6558Q. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR5-5200
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium D 945 and Xeon Gold 6558Q.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 July 2006 1 October 2023
Physical cores 2 32
Threads 2 64
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 350 Watt

Pentium D 945 has 268.4% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6558Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 17 years, and 1500% more physical cores and 3100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Pentium D 945 and Xeon Gold 6558Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium D 945 is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 6558Q is a server/workstation one.


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