Pentium Gold 4415Y vs Xeon X5650

Primary details

Comparing Xeon X5650 and Pentium Gold 4415Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1501	2448
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.25	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Pentium, Pentium Gold
Power efficiency	3.59	15.87
Architecture codename	Westmere-EP (2010−2011)	Kaby Lake (2016−2019)
Release date	16 March 2010 (14 years ago)	4 June 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$53	$161

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon X5650 and Pentium Gold 4415Y 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	12	4
Base clock speed	2.66 GHz	1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.06 GHz	1.6 GHz
Bus type	no data	OPI
Bus rate	no data	4 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	16
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	512 KB
L3 cache	12 MB (shared)	2 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Die size	239 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	81 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	1,170 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X5650 and Pentium Gold 4415Y 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	2	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA1366,LGA1366	FCBGA1515
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X5650 and Pentium Gold 4415Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.1
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
My WiFi	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Smart Response	no data	+
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	40 Bit	no data

Security technologies

Xeon X5650 and Pentium Gold 4415Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	no data	+
MPX	-	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon X5650 and Pentium Gold 4415Y are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon X5650 and Pentium Gold 4415Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	288 GB	16 GB
Max memory channels	3	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	32 GB/s	29.861 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	Intel HD Graphics 615
Max video memory	no data	16 GB
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Clear Video	no data	+
Clear Video HD	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	850 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon X5650 and Pentium Gold 4415Y integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	no data	3
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+
DVI	no data	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon X5650 and Pentium Gold 4415Y integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	no data	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDP	no data	4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon X5650 and Pentium Gold 4415Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	12
OpenGL	no data	4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon X5650 and Pentium Gold 4415Y.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	10

Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	3.72	1.04
Recency	16 March 2010	4 June 2017
Physical cores	6	2
Threads	12	4
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	6 Watt

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