Pentium G5600 vs Xeon E5-2678 v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Pentium G5600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	820	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	Xeon	no data
Power efficiency	7.32	no data
Architecture codename	Haswell (2013−2015)	Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date	2015 (9 years ago)	no data (2024 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Pentium G5600 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	12 (Dodeca-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	24	no data
Base clock speed	2.5 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.3 GHz	3.9 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	3072 KB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	30 MB	6144 KB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Die size	356 mm2	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	84 °C	72 °C
Number of transistors	5,560 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Pentium G5600 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	2	1
Socket	LGA2011-3	1151
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	51 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Pentium G5600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
TSX	+	+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Pentium G5600 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

+

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Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Pentium G5600 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Pentium G5600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3, DDR4

DDR4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Pentium G5600.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	40	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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Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	12	2
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	51 Watt

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