Pentium 4 505 vs Xeon Gold 5120

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5120 and Pentium 4 505 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking683not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.03no data
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Power efficiency10.27no data
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Prescott (2001−2005)
Release date11 July 2017 (7 years ago)December 2004 (19 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,555no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5120 and Pentium 4 505 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 cores14 (Tetradeca-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads281
Base clock speed2.2 GHz2.66 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz2.66 GHz
Multiplier22no data
L1 cache896 KB16 KB
L2 cache14 MB1 MB
L3 cache19.25 MB0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm90 nm
Die sizeno data109 mm2
Maximum core temperature81 °C68 °C
Number of transistorsno data125 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-
VID voltage rangeno data1.25V-1.388V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5120 and Pentium 4 505 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 configuration4 (Multiprocessor)1
SocketFCLGA3647PLGA775
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt84 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and Pentium 4 505. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512no data
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5120 and Pentium 4 505 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and Pentium 4 505 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and Pentium 4 505. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Maximum memory size768 GBno data
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth115.212 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and Pentium 4 505.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes48no data

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 14 1
Threads 28 1
Chip lithography 14 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 84 Watt

Xeon Gold 5120 has 1300% more physical cores and 2700% more threads, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium 4 505, on the other hand, has 25% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 5120 and Pentium 4 505. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Gold 5120 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium 4 505 is a desktop one.


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