Xeon Gold 6138P vs Gold 6126F

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6126F and Xeon Gold 6138P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon GoldIntel Xeon Gold
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Skylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date11 July 2017 (7 years ago)16 May 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,931$4,937

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6126F and Xeon Gold 6138P 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)20 (Icosa-Core)
Threads2440
Base clock speed2.6 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier2620
L1 cache768 KB1.25 MB
L2 cache12 MB20 MB
L3 cache19.25 MB27.5 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature86 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6126F and Xeon Gold 6138P 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 configuration4 (Multiprocessor)2 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)135 Watt195 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6126F and Xeon Gold 6138P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0--

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6126F and Xeon Gold 6138P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6126F and Xeon Gold 6138P are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6126F and Xeon Gold 6138P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size768 GB768 GB
Max memory channels66
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/s128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6126F and Xeon Gold 6138P.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 July 2017 16 May 2018
Physical cores 12 20
Threads 24 40
Power consumption (TDP) 135 Watt 195 Watt

Xeon Gold 6126F has 44.4% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6138P, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 months, and 66.7% more physical cores and 66.7% more threads.

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