Pentium Gold G6405 vs Xeon E7-8880 v4

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-8880 v4 and Pentium Gold G6405 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1705
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Power efficiencyno data4.36
Architecture codenameno dataComet Lake-R (2021)
Release date1 April 2016 (8 years ago)16 March 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$64

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-8880 v4 and Pentium Gold G6405 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 cores22 (Docosa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads444
Base clock speed2.2 GHz4.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz4.1 GHz
Bus rate9.6 GT/s8 GT/s
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data256 KB (per core)
L3 cache55 MB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature77 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-8880 v4 and Pentium Gold G6405 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 configuration81
SocketFCLGA2011FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-8880 v4 and Pentium Gold G6405. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX+-
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
PAE46 Bitno data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Xeon E7-8880 v4 and Pentium Gold G6405 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key++
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E7-8880 v4 and Pentium Gold G6405 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E7-8880 v4 and Pentium Gold G6405. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1333, DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size3 TB128 GB
Max memory channels42
Maximum memory bandwidth85 GB/s41.6 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics 610
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.05 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E7-8880 v4 and Pentium Gold G6405 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E7-8880 v4 and Pentium Gold G6405 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 E7-8880 v4 and Pentium Gold G6405 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7-8880 v4 and Pentium Gold G6405.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes3216

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2016 16 March 2021
Physical cores 22 2
Threads 44 4
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 15 Watt

Xeon E7-8880 v4 has 1000% more physical cores and 1000% more threads.

Pentium Gold G6405, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and 900% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E7-8880 v4 and Pentium Gold G6405. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E7-8880 v4 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium Gold G6405 is a desktop one.


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