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Intel Pentium Gold G6520T vs Intel Xeon Gold 5117F. Specifications

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Released
Q1/2021
Intel Pentium Gold G6520T
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Q3/2017
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Intel Xeon Gold 5117F
Intel Xeon Gold 5117F

What's the best choice Intel Pentium Gold G6520T or Intel Xeon Gold 5117F? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

Intel Pentium Gold G6520T has a base frequency of 3.60 GHz. 2 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 58 W. Released in Q1/2021.

Intel Xeon Gold 5117F has a base frequency of 2.00 GHz. 14 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 113 W. Released in Q3/2017.

Differences

  • Higher clock speed

    Around 80% better clock speed

    3.60 GHz left arrow 2.00 GHz
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    58 W left arrow 113 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Pentium Gold G6520T CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

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  • More number of cores

    12 more cores

    14 left arrow 2

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon Gold 5117F CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    677 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    151 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    425 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    94 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    409 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    79 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    197 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Pentium Gold G6520T Intel Pentium Gold G6520T
Intel Xeon Gold 5117F Intel Xeon Gold 5117F
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 Gold 5100/6100
  • Family
    Intel Pentium left arrow Intel Xeon Gold
  • Generation
    10 left arrow 1
  • 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
    3.6 GHz left arrow 2 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 2.8 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
    No turbo left arrow -
  • Turbo Frequency (14 Cores)
    - left arrow 2.4 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
    24 left arrow -
  • Generation
    9.5 left arrow -
  • GPU Frequency
    350 MHz left arrow -
  • GPU name
    Intel HD Graphics 630 left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU Turbo
    1100 MHz left arrow No turbo
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow -
  • Max. GPU Memory
    64 GB left arrow -
  • Release date
    Q2/2016 left arrow -
  • Shader
    192 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 Gold 5117F and Intel Pentium Gold G6520T. 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 6
  • Memory type
    DDR4-2400 left arrow DDR4-2400
  • PCIe lanes
    16 left arrow 48
  • 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 G6520T and Intel Xeon Gold 5117F 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)
    58 W left arrow 113 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Pentium Gold G6520T and Intel Xeon Gold 5117F, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Comet Lake S left arrow Skylake
  • 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, AVX-512
  • L3-Cache
    4 MB left arrow 19 MB
  • Release date
    Q1/2021 left arrow Q3/2017
  • Socket
    LGA 1151 left arrow LGA 3647
  • 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

No comparable benchmark results are available yet. Specifications alone do not determine which model is faster.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

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