Xeon Gold 5217 vs Pentium G4560

Primary details

Comparing Pentium G4560 and Xeon Gold 5217 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1827	784
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.67	7.67
Market segment	Desktop processor	Server
Series	no data	Intel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency	4.14	7.99
Architecture codename	Kaby Lake (2016−2019)	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	3 January 2017 (7 years ago)	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$108	$1,522

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 5217 has 1045% better value for money than Pentium G4560.

Detailed specifications

Pentium G4560 and Xeon Gold 5217 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	2 (Dual-core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	4	16
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	8 GT/s	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	30
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	512 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	8 MB
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	11 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	79 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	65 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G4560 and Xeon Gold 5217 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	4 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA1151	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	54 Watt	115 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G4560 and Xeon Gold 5217. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Pentium G4560 and Xeon Gold 5217 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
MPX	+	-
Identity Protection	+	-
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium G4560 and Xeon Gold 5217 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G4560 and Xeon Gold 5217. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2133/2400, DDR3L-1333/1600	DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size	64 GB	1 TB
Max memory channels	2	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel HD Graphics 610	no data
Max video memory	64 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Clear Video	+	no data
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	1.05 GHz	no data
InTru 3D	+	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G4560 and Xeon Gold 5217 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

3

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Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium G4560 and Xeon Gold 5217 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	+	no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096x2304@24Hz	no data
Max resolution over eDP	4096x2304@60Hz	no data
Max resolution over DisplayPort	4096x2304@60Hz	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium G4560 and Xeon Gold 5217 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	no data
OpenGL	4.4	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G4560 and Xeon Gold 5217.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	48

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	2.23	9.71
Recency	3 January 2017	2 April 2019
Physical cores	2	8
Threads	4	16
Power consumption (TDP)	54 Watt	115 Watt

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