Intel Atom D2500 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6250

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Intel Atom D2500 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Gold 6250
Intel Atom D2500 Intel Xeon Gold 6250

CPU comparison

Intel Atom D2500 or Intel Xeon Gold 6250 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Atom D2500 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.86 GHz. Up to 4 GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The Intel Atom D2500 was released in Q3/2011.

The Intel Xeon Gold 6250 has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6250 was released in Q1/2020.
Intel Atom (101) Family Intel Xeon Gold (163)
Intel Atom D2000 (4) CPU group Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 (55)
1 Generation 2
Cedarview Architecture Cascade Lake
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Atom D2500 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Atom D2500 is 1.86 GHz while the Intel Xeon Gold 6250 has 8 CPU cores and 16 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Gold 6250 is at 3.90 GHz (4.50 GHz).

Intel Atom D2500 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6250
2 Cores 8
2 Threads 16
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.86 GHz Frequency 3.90 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.50 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 4.50 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Atom D2500 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6250
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Atom D2500 or Intel Xeon Gold 6250 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Intel GMA 3600 GPU no iGPU
0.40 GHz GPU frequency --
-- GPU (Turbo) --
-- GPU Generation --
65 nm Technology
2 Max. displays
4 Compute units --
32 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
1 GB Max. GPU Memory --
10.1 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Intel GMA 3600 GPU no iGPU
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 No
No Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Atom D2500 can use up to 4 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 8.6 GB/s. The Intel Xeon Gold 6250 supports up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 140.7 GB/s.

Intel Atom D2500 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6250
DDR3-1066 Memory DDR4-2933
4 GB Max. Memory 1024 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
8.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 140.7 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
1.00 MB L3 Cache 35.75 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 48
-- PCIe Bandwidth 47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Atom D2500 is 10 W, while the Intel Xeon Gold 6250 has a TDP of 185 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Atom D2500 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6250
10 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 185 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 76 °C

Technical details

The Intel Atom D2500 is manufactured in 32 nm and has 1.00 MB cache. The Intel Xeon Gold 6250 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 35.75 MB cache.

Intel Atom D2500 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6250
32 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE3 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
BGA 559 Socket LGA 3647
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2011 Release date Q1/2020
50 $ Release price 3400 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Atom D2500 (9%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6250 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Atom D2500 (2%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6250 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Atom D2500 Intel Atom D2500
2C 2T @ 1.86 GHz
111 (9%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6250 Intel Xeon Gold 6250
8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
1202 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Atom D2500 Intel Atom D2500
2C 2T @ 1.86 GHz
204 (2%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6250 Intel Xeon Gold 6250
8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
9251 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Atom D2500 Intel Atom D2500
2C 2T @ 1.86 GHz
233 (1%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6250 Intel Xeon Gold 6250
8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
20922 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Atom D2500 Intel Atom D2500
Intel GMA 3600 @ 0.40 GHz
26 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6250 Intel Xeon Gold 6250
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Atom D2500 Intel Xeon Gold 6250
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