Pentium Gold G6505 vs Xeon Silver 4210R

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon Silver 4210R
2020
10 cores / 20 threads, 100 Watt
9.88
+245%

Xeon Silver 4210R outperforms Pentium Gold G6505 by a whopping 245% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4210R and Pentium Gold G6505 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking7901684
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation28.25no data
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Xeon Silverno data
Power efficiency9.014.50
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Comet Lake-R (2021)
Release date24 February 2020 (4 years ago)16 March 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$511$75

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4210R and Pentium Gold G6505 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 cores10 (Deca-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads204
Base clock speed2.4 GHz4.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz4.2 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s8 GT/s
Multiplier24no data
L1 cache640 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache10 MB256 KB (per core)
L3 cache13.75 MB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature84 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4210R and Pentium Gold G6505 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 configurationno data1
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt58 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4210R and Pentium Gold G6505. 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++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX+-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0--
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4210R and Pentium Gold G6505 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 Silver 4210R and Pentium Gold G6505 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4210R and Pentium Gold G6505. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size1 TB128 GB
Max memory channels62
Maximum memory bandwidth115.212 GB/s41.6 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics 630
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.1 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon Silver 4210R and Pentium Gold G6505 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon Silver 4210R and Pentium Gold G6505 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon Silver 4210R and Pentium Gold G6505 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4210R and Pentium Gold G6505.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4816

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon Silver 4210R 9.88
+245%
Pentium Gold G6505 2.86

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.

Xeon Silver 4210R 15118
+246%
Pentium Gold G6505 4371

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.88 2.86
Recency 24 February 2020 16 March 2021
Physical cores 10 2
Threads 20 4
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 58 Watt

Xeon Silver 4210R has a 245.5% higher aggregate performance score, and 400% more physical cores and 400% more threads.

Pentium Gold G6505, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 72.4% lower power consumption.

The Xeon Silver 4210R is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold G6505 in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon Silver 4210R is a server/workstation processor while Pentium Gold G6505 is a desktop one.


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