Intel Pentium Gold G6600 vs Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2

Intel Pentium Gold G6600
Intel Socket 1200DESKTOP
4200 MHz / Cores: 2 / Apr 2020
Intel Pentium Gold G6600
Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2
Intel Socket 2011SERVER
2100 MHz / Cores: 6 / Sep 2013
Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Pentium Gold G6600
    370%
  • Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium Gold G6600
    370%
  • Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium Gold G6600

Much higher single threaded performance (around 270% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2.
Around 270% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2

None

Intel Pentium Gold G6600

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Pentium Gold G6600

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Pentium Gold G6600Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
ABM
ADX
RdRand
Intel VT-x
Intel VT-d
EPT
ECC

Architecture

Intel Pentium Gold G6600Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2
ArchitectureIntel_CometlakevsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketDesktopvsServer
Memory SupportDDR4-2666 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR3
CodenameComet LakevsIvy Bridge-EP
Release DateApr 2020vsSep 2013

Cores

Intel Pentium Gold G6600Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2
Cores2vs6
Threads4vs12
SMPs1vs2
Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 630vsNo

Cache

Intel Pentium Gold G6600Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache4MB (shared)vs15360 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Pentium Gold G6600Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2
SocketIntel Socket 1200vsIntel Socket 2011
Max Case Temp72°Cvsunknown
PackageFC-LGA1200vs
Die Sizeunknownvs160mm²
Process14 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Pentium Gold G6600Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2
Cpu Frequency4200 MHzvs2100 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsunknown
TDP58 Wvs80 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium Gold G6600
    5040 points
  • Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2
    2163 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium Gold G6600
    12096 points
  • Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2
    15573 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium Gold G6600 (simulated)
    233.63
  • Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2 (simulated)
    63

points - higher is better