Xeon Gold 6238R vs Gold 6148F

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6148F and Xeon Gold 6238R processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	195
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	20.61
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	Intel Xeon Gold
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	11 July 2017 (7 years ago)	24 February 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,227	$2,612

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6148F and Xeon Gold 6238R 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)	28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads	40	56
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.2 GHz
Bus support	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache	1.25 MB	1.75 MB
L2 cache	20 MB	28 MB
L3 cache	27.5 MB	38.5 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	87 °C	89 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6148F and Xeon Gold 6238R 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)	no data
Socket	Socket P	Socket P
Power consumption (TDP)	160 Watt	165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6148F and Xeon Gold 6238R. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
TSX	+	+

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6148F and Xeon Gold 6238R technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

+

+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6148F and Xeon Gold 6238R are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6148F and Xeon Gold 6238R. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	768 GB	1 TiB
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 6148F and Xeon Gold 6238R.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	48	48

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	11 July 2017	24 February 2020
Physical cores	20	28
Threads	40	56
Power consumption (TDP)	160 Watt	165 Watt

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