Ultra 5 225F vs Xeon Gold 6148

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6148 and Core Ultra 5 225F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking328not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.32no data
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Power efficiency11.57no data
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Arrow Lake-S (2024−2025)
Release date25 April 2017 (7 years ago)January 2025
Launch price (MSRP)$3,072no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6148 and Core Ultra 5 225F 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 cores20 (Icosa-Core)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads4010
Base clock speed2.4 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz4.9 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier24no data
L1 cache1.25 MB112 KB (per core)
L2 cache20 MB3 MB (per core)
L3 cache27.5 MB21 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm3 nm
Die sizeno data243 mm2
Maximum core temperature86 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data17,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6148 and Core Ultra 5 225F 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)1
SocketFCLGA36471851
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6148 and Core Ultra 5 225F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6148 and Core Ultra 5 225F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6148 and Core Ultra 5 225F are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6148 and Core Ultra 5 225F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR5
Maximum memory size768 GBno data
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6148 and Core Ultra 5 225F.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes4820

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 20 10
Threads 40 10
Chip lithography 14 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 65 Watt

Xeon Gold 6148 has 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

Ultra 5 225F, on the other hand, has a 366.7% more advanced lithography process, and 130.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 6148 and Core Ultra 5 225F. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Gold 6148 is a server/workstation processor while Core Ultra 5 225F is a desktop one.


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