Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 vs Intel Pentium Gold G6400TE

Last updated: 2023-11-17

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4		Intel Pentium Gold G6400TE
CPU comparison Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 or Intel Pentium Gold G6400TE - 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 Xeon E5-2680 v4 has 14 cores with 28 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.30 GHz. Up to 1536 GB of memory is supported in 4 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 was released in Q1/2016. The Intel Pentium Gold G6400TE has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold G6400TE was released in Q2/2020.

Intel Xeon E5 (71)	Family	Intel Pentium (150)
Intel Xeon E5 v4 (24)	CPU group	Intel Pentium G6000 (12)
6	Generation	10
Broadwell E	Architecture	Comet Lake S
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	Intel Pentium Gold G7400TE

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 is a 14 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.40 GHz (3.30 GHz). The Intel Pentium Gold G6400TE has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.20 GHz.
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold G6400TE
14	Cores	2
28	Threads	4
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.40 GHz	Frequency	3.20 GHz
3.30 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	--
2.70 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	--

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 Xeon E5-2680 v4	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold G6400TE
--	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.
no iGPU	GPU	Intel HD Graphics 610
	GPU frequency	0.35 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	1.05 GHz
--	GPU Generation	9.5
	Technology	14 nm
	Max. displays	3
--	Compute units	12
--	Shader	96
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	32 GB
--	DirectX Version	12

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.
no iGPU	GPU	Intel HD Graphics 610
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	No
No	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VC-1	Decode
No	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 supports a maximum of 1536 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold G6400TE can connect up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold G6400TE
DDR4-2400	Memory	DDR4-2400
1536 GB	Max. Memory	128 GB
4 (Quad Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
76.8 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	38.4 GB/s
Yes	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	--
35.00 MB	L3 Cache	4.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	3.0
40	PCIe lanes	16
39.4 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 has a TDP of 120 W, that of the Intel Pentium Gold G6400TE is 35 W.
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold G6400TE
120 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	35 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 has a 35.00 MB cache, while the Intel Pentium Gold G6400TE cache has a total of 4.00 MB.
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold G6400TE
14 nm	Technology	14 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2
LGA 2011-3	Socket	LGA 1200
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, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2016	Release date	Q2/2020
--	Release price	79 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 (82%)

Intel Pentium Gold G6400TE (99%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 (100%)

Intel Pentium Gold G6400TE (17%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 Xeon E5-2680 v4 14C 28T @ 3.30 GHz	213 (63%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6400TE 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	336 (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 Xeon E5-2680 v4 14C 28T @ 3.30 GHz	138 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6400TE 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	135 (98%)

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 Xeon E5-2680 v4 14C 28T @ 2.70 GHz	2004 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6400TE 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	336 (17%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 14C 28T @ 3.30 GHz	124 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6400TE 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 14C 28T @ 3.30 GHz	695 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6400TE 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)

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 Xeon E5-2680 v4 14C 28T @ 3.30 GHz	892 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6400TE 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)

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 Xeon E5-2680 v4 14C 28T @ 2.70 GHz	10459 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6400TE 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)

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 Xeon E5-2680 v4 14C 28T @ 3.30 GHz	1069 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6400TE 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)

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 Xeon E5-2680 v4 14C 28T @ 2.70 GHz	7966 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6400TE 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 Xeon E5-2680 v4 14C 28T @ 2.70 GHz	3107 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6400TE 2C 4T @ 3.20 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 Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6400TE Intel HD Graphics 610 @ 1.05 GHz	202 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 14C 28T @ 2.70 GHz	230 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6400TE 2C 4T @ 3.20 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 Xeon E5-2680 v4 14C 28T @ 2.70 GHz	17951 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6400TE 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)

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