Pentium Gold G6600 vs Xeon E5440

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5440
2008
80 Watt
1.52
Pentium Gold G6600
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 58 Watt
2.74
+80.3%

Pentium Gold G6600 outperforms Xeon E5440 by an impressive 80% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5440 and Pentium Gold G6600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking21431700
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Power efficiency1.764.39
Architecture codenameno dataComet Lake (2020)
Release date1 January 2008 (16 years ago)30 April 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5440 and Pentium Gold G6600 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 coresno data2 (Dual-core)
Threadsno data4
Base clock speed2.83 GHz4.2 GHz
Boost clock speedno data4.2 GHz
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cacheno data256K (per core)
L3 cache12 MB L2 Cache4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature67 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range0.85V-1.35Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5440 and Pentium Gold G6600 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 configurationno data1
SocketLGA771FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt58 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5440 and Pentium Gold G6600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Demand Based Switching+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
FSB parity+no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5440 and Pentium Gold G6600 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5440 and Pentium Gold G6600 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++
EPT-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5440 and Pentium Gold G6600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-2666
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data41.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics 630
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.1 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E5440 and Pentium Gold G6600 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E5440 and Pentium Gold G6600 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E5440 and Pentium Gold G6600 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5440 and Pentium Gold G6600.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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.

Xeon E5440 1.52
Pentium Gold G6600 2.74
+80.3%

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.

Xeon E5440 2374
Pentium Gold G6600 4273
+80%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.52 2.74
Recency 1 January 2008 30 April 2020
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 58 Watt

Pentium Gold G6600 has a 80.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 37.9% lower power consumption.

The Pentium Gold G6600 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E5440 in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon E5440 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium Gold G6600 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5440 and Pentium Gold G6600, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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