Xeon Gold 6530 vs Gold 5120

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Gold 6530 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	676	59
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	5.04	56.60
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	no data
Power efficiency	10.47	14.46
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2018)	Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date	11 July 2017 (7 years ago)	14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,555	$2,128

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 6530 has 1023% better value for money than Xeon Gold 5120.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Gold 6530 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 cores	14 (Tetradeca-Core)	32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads	28	64
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	4 GHz
Multiplier	22	no data
L1 cache	896 KB	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	14 MB	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	19.25 MB	160 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	no data	2x 763 mm2
Maximum core temperature	81 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	74 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Gold 6530 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 configuration	4 (Multiprocessor)	2
Socket	FCLGA3647	FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	270 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Gold 6530. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Gold 6530 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Gold 6530 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Gold 6530. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR5 @ 4800 MT/s (1 DPC)
Maximum memory size	768 GB	4 TB
Max memory channels	6	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	115.212 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Gold 6530.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	48	80

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	11.62	41.26
Recency	11 July 2017	14 December 2023
Physical cores	14	32
Threads	28	64
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	270 Watt

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