Intel Pentium Gold G6420T
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Intel Pentium Gold G6420T vs Intel Xeon E5-2650L v4. Specifications

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Released
Q1/2021
Intel Pentium Gold G6420T
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Intel Xeon E5-2650L v4
Intel Xeon E5-2650L v4

What's the best choice Intel Pentium Gold G6420T or Intel Xeon E5-2650L v4? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

Intel Pentium Gold G6420T has a base frequency of 3.40 GHz. 2 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 35 W. Released in Q1/2021.

Intel Xeon E5-2650L v4 has a base frequency of 1.70 GHz. 14 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 65 W. Released in Q1/2016.

Differences

  • Higher clock speed

    Around 100% better clock speed

    3.40 GHz left arrow 1.70 GHz
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    35 W left arrow 65 W
  • More number of cores

    12 more cores

    14 left arrow 2

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon E5-2650L v4 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    759 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    207 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    468 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    85 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    478 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    94 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    255 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Pentium Gold G6420T Intel Pentium Gold G6420T
Intel Xeon E5-2650L v4 Intel Xeon E5-2650L v4
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • CPU group
    Intel Pentium G6000 left arrow Intel Xeon E5 v4
  • Family
    Intel Pentium left arrow Intel Xeon E5
  • Generation
    10 left arrow 6
  • Predecessor
    - left arrow Intel Xeon E5-2650L v3
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    3.4 GHz left arrow 1.7 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    2 left arrow 14
  • CPU Threads
    4 left arrow 28
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    No turbo left arrow 2.5 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
    No turbo left arrow -
  • Turbo Frequency (14 Cores)
    - left arrow 2 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • DirectX Version
    12 left arrow -
  • Execution units
    12 left arrow -
  • Generation
    9.5 left arrow -
  • GPU Frequency
    350 MHz left arrow -
  • GPU name
    Intel HD Graphics 610 left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU Turbo
    1050 MHz left arrow No turbo
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow -
  • Max. GPU Memory
    32 GB left arrow -
  • Release date
    Q3/2016 left arrow -
  • Shader
    96 left arrow -
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow -
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow No
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon E5-2650L v4 and Intel Pentium Gold G6420T. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    64 GB left arrow -
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 4
  • Memory type
    DDR4-2400 left arrow DDR4-2400
  • PCIe lanes
    16 left arrow 40
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 3.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Pentium Gold G6420T and Intel Xeon E5-2650L v4 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    35 W left arrow 65 W
  • TDP down
    25 W left arrow -
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Pentium Gold G6420T and Intel Xeon E5-2650L v4, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Comet Lake S left arrow Broadwell E
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
  • L3-Cache
    4 MB left arrow 35 MB
  • Release date
    Q1/2021 left arrow Q1/2016
  • Socket
    LGA 1151 left arrow LGA 2011-3
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

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