Intel Celeron G3900T vs Intel Xeon Gold 6142

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Intel Celeron G3900T CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Gold 6142
Intel Celeron G3900T Intel Xeon Gold 6142

CPU comparison

Intel Celeron G3900T or Intel Xeon Gold 6142 - 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 Celeron G3900T has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.60 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron G3900T was released in Q1/2016.

The Intel Xeon Gold 6142 has 16 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 768 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6142 was released in Q3/2017.
Intel Celeron (165) Family Intel Xeon Gold (163)
Intel Celeron G3000 6. Gen. (6) CPU group Intel Xeon Gold 5100/6100 (34)
6 Generation 1
Skylake S Architecture Skylake
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
Intel Celeron G4900T Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Celeron G3900T is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.60 GHz. The Intel Xeon Gold 6142 has 16 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.60 GHz (3.70 GHz).

Intel Celeron G3900T Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6142
2 Cores 16
2 Threads 32
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.60 GHz Frequency 2.60 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.70 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.90 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 Celeron G3900T Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6142
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

Intel HD Graphics 510 GPU no iGPU
0.35 GHz GPU frequency --
0.95 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
9 GPU Generation --
14 nm Technology
3 Max. displays
12 Compute units --
96 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12.0 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 HD Graphics 510 GPU no iGPU
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Celeron G3900T supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6142 can connect up to 768 GB of memory in 6 memory channels.

Intel Celeron G3900T Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6142
DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600 Memory DDR4-2666
64 GB Max. Memory 768 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
34.1 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 128.1 GB/s
Yes ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
2.00 MB L3 Cache 22.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
16 PCIe lanes 48
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Celeron G3900T has a TDP of 35 W, that of the Intel Xeon Gold 6142 is 150 W.

Intel Celeron G3900T Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6142
35 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 150 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Celeron G3900T has a 2.00 MB cache, while the Intel Xeon Gold 6142 cache has a total of 22.00 MB.

Intel Celeron G3900T Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6142
14 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
LGA 1151 Socket LGA 3647
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2016 Release date Q3/2017
-- Release price 5900 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Celeron G3900T (60%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6142 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Celeron G3900T (9%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6142 (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 Celeron G3900T Intel Celeron G3900T
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
682 (65%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6142 Intel Xeon Gold 6142
16C 32T @ 3.70 GHz
1057 (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 Celeron G3900T Intel Celeron G3900T
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
1330 (10%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6142 Intel Xeon Gold 6142
16C 32T @ 2.90 GHz
12876 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Celeron G3900T Intel Celeron G3900T
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
565 (48%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6142 Intel Xeon Gold 6142
16C 32T @ 3.70 GHz
1188 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Celeron G3900T Intel Celeron G3900T
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
110 (68%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6142 Intel Xeon Gold 6142
16C 32T @ 3.70 GHz
161 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Celeron G3900T Intel Celeron G3900T
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
198 (8%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6142 Intel Xeon Gold 6142
16C 32T @ 2.90 GHz
2578 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Celeron G3900T Intel Celeron G3900T
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
1025 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6142 Intel Xeon Gold 6142
16C 32T @ 2.90 GHz
0 (0%)

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 Celeron G3900T Intel Celeron G3900T
Intel HD Graphics 510 @ 0.95 GHz
182 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6142 Intel Xeon Gold 6142
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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 Celeron G3900T Intel Celeron G3900T
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
2075 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6142 Intel Xeon Gold 6142
16C 32T @ 2.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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