Xeon E7-8880 v4 vs Pentium Gold 6405U

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold 6405U and Xeon E7-8880 v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2047not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesIntel Comet Lakeno data
Power efficiency10.85no data
Architecture codenameComet Lake-U (2019−2020)no data
Release date31 October 2019 (5 years ago)1 April 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 6405U and Xeon E7-8880 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)22 (Docosa-Core)
Threads444
Base clock speed2.4 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus rate4 GT/s9.6 GT/s
L1 cache256 KBno data
L2 cache1 MBno data
L3 cache2 MB55 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °C77 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 6405U and Xeon E7-8880 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 configuration18
SocketFCBGA1528FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 6405U and Xeon E7-8880 v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access+no data
PAEno data46 Bit

Security technologies

Pentium Gold 6405U and Xeon E7-8880 v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
Secure Key++
Identity Protection+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 6405U and Xeon E7-8880 v4 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold 6405U and Xeon E7-8880 v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4-1333, DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600
Maximum memory size64 GB3 TB
Max memory channels24
Maximum memory bandwidth37.5 GB/s85 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics for 10th Gen Intel Processorsno data
Max video memory32 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency950 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 6405U and Xeon E7-8880 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 6405U and Xeon E7-8880 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 6405U and Xeon E7-8880 v4 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold 6405U and Xeon E7-8880 v4.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes1232

Pros & cons summary


Recency 31 October 2019 1 April 2016
Physical cores 2 22
Threads 4 44
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 150 Watt

Pentium Gold 6405U has an age advantage of 3 years, and 900% lower power consumption.

Xeon E7-8880 v4, on the other hand, has 1000% more physical cores and 1000% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Pentium Gold 6405U and Xeon E7-8880 v4. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pentium Gold 6405U is a notebook processor while Xeon E7-8880 v4 is a server/workstation one.


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