Xeon E-2378 vs Pentium Gold G6405T

Place in the ranking	1870	702
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Server
Power efficiency	5.68	16.02
Architecture codename	Comet Lake-R (2021)	Rocket Lake-E (2021)
Release date	16 March 2021 (3 years ago)	8 September 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$64	no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold G6405T and Xeon E-2378 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)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	4	16
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	4.8 GHz
Bus rate	8 GT/s	8 GT/s
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	72 °C	72 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold G6405T and Xeon E-2378 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	1
Socket	FCLGA1200	FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold G6405T and Xeon E-2378. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data

Security technologies

Pentium Gold G6405T and Xeon E-2378 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	+
MPX	-	+
Identity Protection	+	-
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	Yes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold G6405T and Xeon E-2378 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold G6405T and Xeon E-2378. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	128 GB	128 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	41.6 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel UHD Graphics 610	no data
Max video memory	64 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Clear Video	+	no data
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	1.05 GHz	no data
InTru 3D	+	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold G6405T and Xeon E-2378 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold G6405T and Xeon E-2378 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	+	no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096x2160@30Hz	no data
Max resolution over eDP	4096x2304@60Hz	no data
Max resolution over DisplayPort	4096x2304@60Hz	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold G6405T and Xeon E-2378 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	no data
OpenGL	4.5	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold G6405T and Xeon E-2378.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	16	44

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pentium Gold G6405T 2.10

Xeon E-2378 11.00
+424%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Pentium Gold G6405T 3341

Xeon E-2378 17472
+423%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.10	11.00
Recency	16 March 2021	8 September 2021
Physical cores	2	8
Threads	4	16
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt

Pentium Gold G6405T has 85.7% lower power consumption.

Xeon E-2378, on the other hand, has a 423.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 months, and 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

The Xeon E-2378 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold G6405T in performance tests.

Note that Pentium Gold G6405T is a desktop processor while Xeon E-2378 is a server/workstation one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Gold G6405T and Xeon E-2378, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.