Xeon E5-2670 v4 vs Pentium Gold 4425Y

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold 4425Y and Xeon E5-2670 v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2394not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesIntel PentiumIntel Xeon E5
Power efficiency17.33no data
Architecture codenameKaby Lake (2016−2019)Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release date21 April 2017 (7 years ago)20 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 4425Y and Xeon E5-2670 v4 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)14 (Tetradeca-Core)
Threads428
Base clock speed1.7 GHzno data
Boost clock speed1.7 GHz3.1 GHz
Bus typeno dataQPI
Bus rate4 GT/s2 × 9.6 GT/s
Multiplierno data31
L1 cache128 KBno data
L2 cache512 KB3.5 MB
L3 cache2 MB35 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data306.18 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data4700 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 4425Y and Xeon E5-2670 v4 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 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCBGA1515no data
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt120 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 4425Y and Xeon E5-2670 v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
My WiFi+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
Smart Response+no data

Security technologies

Pentium Gold 4425Y and Xeon E5-2670 v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 4425Y and Xeon E5-2670 v4 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold 4425Y and Xeon E5-2670 v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory size16 GB1,536 GB
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth29.8 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 615no data
Max video memory16 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency850 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 4425Y and Xeon E5-2670 v4 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
DVI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 4425Y and Xeon E5-2670 v4 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold 4425Y and Xeon E5-2670 v4 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.4no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold 4425Y and Xeon E5-2670 v4.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1040

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 April 2017 20 June 2016
Physical cores 2 14
Threads 4 28
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 120 Watt

Pentium Gold 4425Y has an age advantage of 10 months, and 1900% lower power consumption.

Xeon E5-2670 v4, on the other hand, has 600% more physical cores and 600% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Pentium Gold 4425Y and Xeon E5-2670 v4. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pentium Gold 4425Y is a notebook processor while Xeon E5-2670 v4 is a server/workstation one.


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