Xeon 6972P vs Pentium Gold G5500

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold G5500 and Xeon 6972P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1782not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.74no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesIntel Pentium Goldno data
Power efficiency4.47no data
Architecture codenameCoffee Lake (2017−2019)Granite Rapids (2024)
Release date2 April 2018 (6 years ago)24 September 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$75no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold G5500 and Xeon 6972P 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)96
Threads4192
Base clock speed3.8 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz3.9 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier38no data
L1 cache64K (per core)112 KB (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)480 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm5 nm
Die size126 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °C80 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold G5500 and Xeon 6972P 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)2
Socket11517529
Power consumption (TDP)51 Watt500 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold G5500 and Xeon 6972P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI++
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
TSX-+

Security technologies

Pentium Gold G5500 and Xeon 6972P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold G5500 and Xeon 6972P are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold G5500 and Xeon 6972P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR5
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 630N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold G5500 and Xeon 6972P.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanesno data96

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2018 24 September 2024
Physical cores 2 96
Threads 4 192
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 51 Watt 500 Watt

Pentium Gold G5500 has 880.4% lower power consumption.

Xeon 6972P, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, 4700% more physical cores and 4700% more threads, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Pentium Gold G5500 and Xeon 6972P. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium Gold G5500 is a desktop processor while Xeon 6972P is a server/workstation one.


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