Xeon w3-2525 vs Pentium P6000

Primary details

Comparing Pentium P6000 and Xeon w3-2525 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2867	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Pentium	no data
Power efficiency	1.38	no data
Architecture codename	Arrandale (2010−2011)	Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date	20 June 2010 (14 years ago)	24 August 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$609

Detailed specifications

Pentium P6000 and Xeon w3-2525 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	2	16
Base clock speed	1.86 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.88 GHz	4.5 GHz
Bus type	DMI 1.0	no data
Bus rate	1 × 2.5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	14	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	22.5 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	81+114 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	72 °C
Number of transistors	384 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium P6000 and Xeon w3-2525 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)	1
Socket	PGA988	FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	175 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium P6000 and Xeon w3-2525. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	-	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
PAE	36 Bit	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	+
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Pentium P6000 and Xeon w3-2525 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	+
SGX	no data	-
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium P6000 and Xeon w3-2525 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium P6000 and Xeon w3-2525. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size	8 GB	2 TB
Max memory channels	2	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	17.051 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® Processors	N/A
Clear Video	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	667 MHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium P6000 and Xeon w3-2525 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium P6000 and Xeon w3-2525.

PCIe version	2.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	16	64

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	20 June 2010	24 August 2024
Physical cores	2	8
Threads	2	16
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	175 Watt

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