Celeron 5205U vs Xeon Gold 6142F

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6142F and Celeron 5205U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2532
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon GoldIntel Comet Lake
Power efficiencyno data5.68
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Comet Lake-U (2019−2020)
Release date11 July 2017 (7 years ago)31 October 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,101$107

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6142F and Celeron 5205U 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads322
Base clock speed2.6 GHz1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz1.9 GHz
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
Multiplier26no data
L1 cache1 MB256 KB
L2 cache16 MB1 MB
L3 cache22 MB2 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature87 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6142F and Celeron 5205U 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
SocketFCLGA3647FCBGA1528
Power consumption (TDP)160 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6142F and Celeron 5205U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
TSX+-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6142F and Celeron 5205U 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 Gold 6142F and Celeron 5205U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6142F and Celeron 5205U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size768 GB64 GB
Max memory channels62
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/s37.5 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® UHD Graphics for 10th Gen Intel® Processors
Max video memoryno data32 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data900 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon Gold 6142F and Celeron 5205U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
DVIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon Gold 6142F and Celeron 5205U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon Gold 6142F and Celeron 5205U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6142F and Celeron 5205U.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes4812

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 July 2017 31 October 2019
Physical cores 16 2
Threads 32 2
Power consumption (TDP) 160 Watt 15 Watt

Xeon Gold 6142F has 700% more physical cores and 1500% more threads.

Celeron 5205U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 966.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 6142F and Celeron 5205U. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Gold 6142F is a server/workstation processor while Celeron 5205U is a notebook one.


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