Xeon Gold 5320T vs Pentium D 960

Primary details

Comparing Pentium D 960 and Xeon Gold 5320T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2869not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency0.37no data
Architecture codenamePresler (2005−2007)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date23 April 2006 (18 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$523no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium D 960 and Xeon Gold 5320T 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)20 (Icosa-Core)
Threads240
Base clock speed3.6 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz3.5 GHz
L1 cache16 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB (per die)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB30 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm10 nm
Die size2x 81 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)69 °C86 °C
Number of transistors376 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range1.2V-1.3375Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium D 960 and Xeon Gold 5320T 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 configuration12
SocketLGA775,PLGA775FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 960 and Xeon Gold 5320T. 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)++
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 960 and Xeon Gold 5320T technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium D 960 and Xeon Gold 5320T are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium D 960 and Xeon Gold 5320T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR4-2933
Maximum memory sizeno data6 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 960 and Xeon Gold 5320T.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data64

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 April 2006 6 April 2021
Physical cores 2 20
Threads 2 40
Chip lithography 65 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 150 Watt

Pentium D 960 has 15.4% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5320T, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, 900% more physical cores and 1900% more threads, and a 550% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Pentium D 960 and Xeon Gold 5320T. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium D 960 is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 5320T is a server/workstation one.


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