Xeon Gold 6530 vs Pentium J2900

Primary details

Comparing Pentium J2900 and Xeon Gold 6530 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2616	61
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	56.73
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Pentium	no data
Power efficiency	7.48	14.46
Architecture codename	Bay Trail-D (2013)	Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date	1 November 2013 (11 years ago)	14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$94	$2,128

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium J2900 and Xeon Gold 6530 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	4 (Quad-Core)	32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads	4	64
Base clock speed	2.41 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.66 GHz	4 GHz
L1 cache	224 KB	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB L2 Cache	160 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	no data	2x 763 mm2
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	74 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium J2900 and Xeon Gold 6530 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	2
Socket	FCBGA1170	FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	270 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium J2900 and Xeon Gold 6530. 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	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
PAE	36 Bit	no data
FDI	-	no data
RST	-	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Pentium J2900 and Xeon Gold 6530 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium J2900 and Xeon Gold 6530 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium J2900 and Xeon Gold 6530. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR5 @ 4800 MT/s (1 DPC)
Maximum memory size	8 GB	4 TB
Max memory channels	2	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.3 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series	N/A
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Graphics max frequency	896 MHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium J2900 and Xeon Gold 6530 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

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Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium J2900 and Xeon Gold 6530 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

11.2

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium J2900 and Xeon Gold 6530.

PCIe version	2.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	4	80
USB revision	3.0 and 2.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	5	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.79	41.26
Recency	1 November 2013	14 December 2023
Physical cores	4	32
Threads	4	64
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	270 Watt

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