Celeron 5205U vs Xeon Gold 6161

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6161 and Celeron 5205U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2530
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon GoldIntel Comet Lake
Power efficiencyno data5.65
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2019)Comet Lake-U (2019−2020)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)31 October 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$107

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6161 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 cores22 (Docosa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads442
Base clock speedno data1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz1.9 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s4 GT/s
Multiplier22no data
L1 cache1.375 MB256 KB
L2 cache22 MB1 MB
L3 cache30.25 MB2 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6161 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
SocketSocket PFCBGA1528
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6161 and Celeron 5205U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
TSX+-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6161 and Celeron 5205U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6161 and Celeron 5205U are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6161 and Celeron 5205U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 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 6161 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 6161 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 6161 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 6161 and Celeron 5205U.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 22 2
Threads 44 2
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 15 Watt

Xeon Gold 6161 has 1000% more physical cores and 2100% more threads.

Celeron 5205U, on the other hand, has 1000% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 6161 and Celeron 5205U. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Gold 6161 is a server/workstation processor while Celeron 5205U is a notebook one.


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