HD Graphics 520 vs Xeon Gold 5120

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5120 and HD Graphics 520 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	676	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	5.04	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	Intel HD Graphics
Power efficiency	10.47	no data
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2018)	Gen9
Release date	11 July 2017 (7 years ago)	no data
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,555	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5120 and HD Graphics 520 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	14 (Tetradeca-Core)	no data
Threads	28	no data
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	0.35 GHz
Multiplier	22	no data
L1 cache	896 KB	no data
L2 cache	14 MB	no data
L3 cache	19.25 MB	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm0.014 μm 1.4e-5 mm
Maximum core temperature	81 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5120 and HD Graphics 520 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	4 (Multiprocessor)	no data
Socket	FCLGA3647	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and HD Graphics 520. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	no data
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5120 and HD Graphics 520 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and HD Graphics 520 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and HD Graphics 520. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	no data
Maximum memory size	768 GB	32,768 MB 33,554,432 KB 34,359,738,368 B 0.0313 TiB 32 GB
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	115.212 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and HD Graphics 520.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	48	no data

Pros & cons summary

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