Intel Xeon Gold 6230T vs Intel Pentium G4520

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Intel Xeon Gold 6230T CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium G4520
Intel Xeon Gold 6230T Intel Pentium G4520

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon Gold 6230T or Intel Pentium G4520 - 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 Gold 6230T has 20 cores with 40 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz. Up to 1024 GB of memory is supported in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6230T was released in Q2/2019.

The Intel Pentium G4520 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium G4520 was released in Q3/2015.
Intel Xeon Gold (148) Family Intel Pentium (150)
Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 (55) CPU group Intel Pentium G4000 (5)
2 Generation 6
Cascade Lake Architecture Skylake S
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Gold 6230T is a 20 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.10 GHz (3.90 GHz). The Intel Pentium G4520 has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.60 GHz.

Intel Xeon Gold 6230T Characteristic Intel Pentium G4520
20 Cores 2
40 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.10 GHz Frequency 3.60 GHz
3.90 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
2.50 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 Gold 6230T Characteristic Intel Pentium G4520
-- 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 530
GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.05 GHz
-- GPU Generation 9
Technology 14 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 24
-- Shader 192
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 530
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode
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 Gold 6230T supports a maximum of 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Pentium G4520 can connect up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Intel Xeon Gold 6230T Characteristic Intel Pentium G4520
DDR4-2933 Memory DDR4-2133
1024 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
6 (Hexa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
140.7 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 34.1 GB/s
Yes ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
27.50 MB L3 Cache 3.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
48 PCIe lanes 16
47.3 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 Gold 6230T has a TDP of 125 W, that of the Intel Pentium G4520 is 51 W.

Intel Xeon Gold 6230T Characteristic Intel Pentium G4520
125 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 51 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Gold 6230T has a 27.50 MB cache, while the Intel Pentium G4520 cache has a total of 3.00 MB.

Intel Xeon Gold 6230T Characteristic Intel Pentium G4520
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, AVX-512 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
LGA 3647 Socket LGA 1151
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
Q2/2019 Release date Q3/2015
1988 $ Release price --
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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 Gold 6230T Intel Xeon Gold 6230T
20C 40T @ 3.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium G4520 Intel Pentium G4520
2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz
921 (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 Xeon Gold 6230T Intel Xeon Gold 6230T
20C 40T @ 2.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium G4520 Intel Pentium G4520
2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz
1757 (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 Xeon Gold 6230T Intel Xeon Gold 6230T
20C 40T @ 3.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium G4520 Intel Pentium G4520
2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz
795 (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 Xeon Gold 6230T Intel Xeon Gold 6230T
20C 40T @ 2.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium G4520 Intel Pentium G4520
2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz
1360 (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 Xeon Gold 6230T Intel Xeon Gold 6230T
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium G4520 Intel Pentium G4520
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.05 GHz
403 (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 Xeon Gold 6230T Intel Xeon Gold 6230T
20C 40T @ 2.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium G4520 Intel Pentium G4520
2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz
2952 (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 Gold 6230T Intel Xeon Gold 6230T
20C 40T @ 3.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium G4520 Intel Pentium G4520
2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz
153 (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 Xeon Gold 6230T Intel Xeon Gold 6230T
20C 40T @ 2.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium G4520 Intel Pentium G4520
2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz
274 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Xeon Gold 6230T Intel Pentium G4520
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