Xeon Gold 6548Y vs Pentium D 950

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium D 950 and Xeon Gold 6548Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2975not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency0.31no data
Architecture codenamePresler (2005−2007)no data
Release date16 January 2006 (18 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$637no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium D 950 and Xeon Gold 6548Y 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 GHz2.5 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 temperatureC1+D0=63 °C, B1=69 °C83 °C
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 950 and Xeon Gold 6548Y 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)130 Watt250 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 950 and Xeon Gold 6548Y. 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 950 and Xeon Gold 6548Y 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 950 and Xeon Gold 6548Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium D 950 and Xeon Gold 6548Y. 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 950 and Xeon Gold 6548Y.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 January 2006 1 October 2023
Physical cores 2 32
Threads 2 64
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 250 Watt

Pentium D 950 has 92.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6548Y, 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 950 and Xeon Gold 6548Y. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium D 950 is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 6548Y is a server/workstation one.


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