EPYC 7F52 vs Xeon Gold 6148F

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6148F and EPYC 7F52 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	190
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	5.40
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	AMD EPYC
Power efficiency	no data	10.06
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	Zen 2 (2017−2020)
Release date	11 July 2017 (7 years ago)	14 April 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,227	$3,100

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6148F and EPYC 7F52 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	20 (Icosa-Core)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	40	32
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	3.9 GHz
Multiplier	24	35
L1 cache	1.25 MB	1 MB
L2 cache	20 MB	8 MB
L3 cache	27.5 MB	256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm, 14 nm
Die size	no data	74 mm2
Maximum core temperature	87 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	3,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6148F and EPYC 7F52 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	SP3
Power consumption (TDP)	160 Watt	240 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6148F and EPYC 7F52. 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	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6148F and EPYC 7F52 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6148F and EPYC 7F52 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6148F and EPYC 7F52. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	768 GB	4 TiB
Max memory channels	6	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	128.001 GB/s	204.763 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6148F and EPYC 7F52.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	48	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	11 July 2017	14 April 2020
Physical cores	20	16
Threads	40	32
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	160 Watt	240 Watt

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