Xeon Gold 6544Y vs Pentium Gold G4620

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold G4620 and Xeon Gold 6544Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Server
Series	Intel Pentium, Pentium Gold	no data
Architecture codename	Kaby Lake (2016−2019)	Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date	3 January 2017 (7 years ago)	14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$93	$3,622

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold G4620 and Xeon Gold 6544Y 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)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	4	32
Base clock speed	no data	3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	4.1 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	37	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	3 MB	45 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	no data	2x 763 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	75 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold G4620 and Xeon Gold 6544Y 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 (Uniprocessor)	2
Socket	LGA-1151	FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)	51 Watt	270 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold G4620 and Xeon Gold 6544Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® AMX, 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	no data	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
TSX	+	+
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Pentium Gold G4620 and Xeon Gold 6544Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	no data	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold G4620 and Xeon Gold 6544Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold G4620 and Xeon Gold 6544Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3L-1600	DDR5-5200
Maximum memory size	64 GB	4 TB
Max memory channels	2	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel HD Graphics 630

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold G4620 and Xeon Gold 6544Y.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	16	80

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 January 2017	14 December 2023
Physical cores	2	16
Threads	4	32
Power consumption (TDP)	51 Watt	270 Watt

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