Phenom II X6 1045T vs Xeon Gold 6230
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 6230 outperforms Phenom II X6 1045T by a whopping 744% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Xeon Gold 6230 and Phenom II X6 1045T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 395 | 1970 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 12.96 | 0.29 |
| Market segment | Server | Desktop processor |
| Series | Intel Xeon Gold | no data |
| Power efficiency | 12.92 | 2.02 |
| Architecture codename | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) | Thuban (2010) |
| Release date | 2 April 2019 (5 years ago) | 1 September 2010 (14 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,894 | $175 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Xeon Gold 6230 has 4369% better value for money than Phenom II X6 1045T.
Detailed specifications
Xeon Gold 6230 and Phenom II X6 1045T 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 | 20 (Icosa-Core) | 6 (Hexa-Core) |
| Threads | 40 | 6 |
| Base clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 2.7 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.9 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 3.0 | no data |
| Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | 21 | no data |
| L1 cache | 1.25 MB | 128 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 20 MB | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 27.5 MB | 6 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | no data | 346 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 87 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 904 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Gold 6230 and Phenom II X6 1045T 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) | 1 |
| Socket | FCLGA3647 | AM3 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 125 Watt | 95 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6230 and Phenom II X6 1045T. 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 |
| Deep Learning Boost | + | - |
Security technologies
Xeon Gold 6230 and Phenom II X6 1045T 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 6230 and Phenom II X6 1045T 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 6230 and Phenom II X6 1045T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2933 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 1 TB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 6 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 140.8 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6230 and Phenom II X6 1045T.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | no data |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 16.96 | 2.01 |
| Recency | 2 April 2019 | 1 September 2010 |
| Physical cores | 20 | 6 |
| Threads | 40 | 6 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 125 Watt | 95 Watt |
Xeon Gold 6230 has a 743.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, 233.3% more physical cores and 566.7% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.
Phenom II X6 1045T, on the other hand, has 31.6% lower power consumption.
The Xeon Gold 6230 is our recommended choice as it beats the Phenom II X6 1045T in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon Gold 6230 is a server/workstation processor while Phenom II X6 1045T is a desktop one.
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