Xeon Silver 4110 vs Gold 6148

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon Gold 6148
2017
20 cores / 40 threads, 150 Watt
18.34
+185%
Xeon Silver 4110
2017
8 cores / 16 threads, 85 Watt
6.44

Xeon Gold 6148 outperforms Xeon Silver 4110 by a whopping 185% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6148 and Xeon Silver 4110 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3281059
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.325.82
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon GoldIntel Xeon Silver
Power efficiency11.577.17
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Skylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date25 April 2017 (7 years ago)11 July 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,072$501

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4110 has 9% better value for money than Xeon Gold 6148.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6148 and Xeon Silver 4110 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads4016
Base clock speed2.4 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier2421
L1 cache1.25 MB512 KB
L2 cache20 MB8 MB
L3 cache27.5 MB11 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature86 °C77 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6148 and Xeon Silver 4110 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)150 Watt85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6148 and Xeon Silver 4110. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® 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 6148 and Xeon Silver 4110 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6148 and Xeon Silver 4110 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6148 and Xeon Silver 4110. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size768 GB768 GB
Max memory channels66
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/s115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6148 and Xeon Silver 4110.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


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.

Xeon Gold 6148 18.34
+185%
Xeon Silver 4110 6.44

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon Gold 6148 29135
+185%
Xeon Silver 4110 10226

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Xeon Gold 6148 1076
+34%
Xeon Silver 4110 803

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Xeon Gold 6148 7923
+72.8%
Xeon Silver 4110 4585

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 18.34 6.44
Recency 25 April 2017 11 July 2017
Physical cores 20 8
Threads 40 16
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 85 Watt

Xeon Gold 6148 has a 184.8% higher aggregate performance score, and 150% more physical cores and 150% more threads.

Xeon Silver 4110, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 months, and 76.5% lower power consumption.

The Xeon Gold 6148 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Silver 4110 in performance tests.


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