Xeon Gold 6558Q vs E-2124

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E-2124 and Xeon Gold 6558Q processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1345not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation16.68no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Eno data
Power efficiency5.81no data
Architecture codenameCoffee Lake-S (2017−2018)no data
Release date12 July 2018 (6 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$193no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E-2124 and Xeon Gold 6558Q basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads464
Base clock speed3.3 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed4.3 GHz4.1 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
L1 cache256 KBno data
L2 cache1 MBno data
L3 cache8 MB (shared)60 MB
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size126 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °C66 °C
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E-2124 and Xeon Gold 6558Q compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketFCLGA1151FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)71 Watt350 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E-2124 and Xeon Gold 6558Q. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E-2124 and Xeon Gold 6558Q technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E-2124 and Xeon Gold 6558Q are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E-2124 and Xeon Gold 6558Q. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR5-5200
Maximum memory size128 GB4 TB
Max memory channels28
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E-2124 and Xeon Gold 6558Q.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes1680

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 July 2018 1 October 2023
Physical cores 4 32
Threads 4 64
Power consumption (TDP) 71 Watt 350 Watt

Xeon E-2124 has 393% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6558Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, and 700% more physical cores and 1500% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E-2124 and Xeon Gold 6558Q. We've got no test results to judge.


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