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Xeon Gold 6230N vs Gold 6140M
Primary details
Comparing Xeon Gold 6140M and Xeon Gold 6230N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in performance ranking | not rated | not rated |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Market segment | Server | Server |
Series | Intel Xeon Gold | Intel Xeon Gold |
Architecture codename | Skylake (server) (2017−2019) | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) |
Release date | 25 April 2017 (7 years ago) | 2 April 2019 (5 years ago) |
Launch price (MSRP) | $5,448 | $2,046 |
Detailed specifications
Xeon Gold 6140M and Xeon Gold 6230N 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 | 18 (Octadeca-Core) | 20 (Icosa-Core) |
Threads | 36 | 40 |
Base clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 2.3 GHz |
Boost clock speed | 3.7 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
Bus type | no data | DMI 3.0 |
Bus rate | no data | 4 × 8 GT/s |
Multiplier | 23 | 23 |
L1 cache | 1.125 MB | 1.25 MB |
L2 cache | 18 MB | 20 MB |
L3 cache | 24.75 MB | 27.5 MB |
Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
Maximum core temperature | 91 °C | 78 °C |
64 bit support | + | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Gold 6140M and Xeon Gold 6230N 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) | 4 (Multiprocessor) |
Socket | FCLGA3647 | FCLGA3647 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 140 Watt | 125 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6140M and Xeon Gold 6230N. 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® 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 | - | - |
Status | Launched | Launched |
Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Xeon Gold 6140M and Xeon Gold 6230N technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
TXT | + | + |
EDB | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6140M and Xeon Gold 6230N are enumerated here.
VT-d | + | + |
VT-x | + | + |
EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6140M and Xeon Gold 6230N. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR4-2666 | DDR4-2933 |
Maximum memory size | 1.5 TB | 1 TB |
Max memory channels | 6 | 6 |
Maximum memory bandwidth | 128.001 GB/s | 140.8 GB/s |
ECC memory support | + | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6140M and Xeon Gold 6230N.
PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
PCI Express lanes | 48 | 48 |
Pros & cons summary
Recency | 25 April 2017 | 2 April 2019 |
Physical cores | 18 | 20 |
Threads | 36 | 40 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 140 Watt | 125 Watt |
Xeon Gold 6230N has an age advantage of 1 year, 11.1% more physical cores and 11.1% more threads, and 12% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 6140M and Xeon Gold 6230N. We've got no test results to judge.
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