Xeon Gold 5515 vs Pentium G6960

Primary details

Comparing Pentium G6960 and Xeon Gold 5515 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2525not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency1.17no data
Architecture codenameClarkdale (2010−2011)no data
Release date9 January 2011 (13 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium G6960 and Xeon Gold 5515 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads216
Base clock speed2.93 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed0.93 GHz4.1 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache256 KB (per core)no data
L3 cache3072 KB (shared)22.5 MB
Chip lithography32 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size81 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature73 °C76 °C
Number of transistors382 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G6960 and Xeon Gold 5515 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
SocketFCLGA1156FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)73 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G6960 and Xeon Gold 5515. 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
PAE36 Bitno data
FDI+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Pentium G6960 and Xeon Gold 5515 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 G6960 and Xeon Gold 5515 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G6960 and Xeon Gold 5515. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size16.38 GB4 TB
Max memory channels28
Maximum memory bandwidth17 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HDno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G6960 and Xeon Gold 5515 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G6960 and Xeon Gold 5515.

PCIe version2.05.0
PCI Express lanes1680

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 January 2011 1 October 2023
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 2 16
Power consumption (TDP) 73 Watt 165 Watt

Pentium G6960 has 126% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5515, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 12 years, and 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Pentium G6960 and Xeon Gold 5515. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium G6960 is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 5515 is a server/workstation one.


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