Xeon Gold 6129 vs Gold 6154

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6154 and Xeon Gold 6129 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking347not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.73no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Power efficiency8.44no data
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)no data
Release date11 July 2017 (7 years ago)1 April 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,543no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6154 and Xeon Gold 6129 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 cores18 (Octadeca-Core)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads3632
Base clock speed3 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier30no data
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache1 MB (per core)no data
L3 cache24.75 MB (shared)22 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature82 °Cno data
Number of transistors8,000 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6154 and Xeon Gold 6129 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)no data
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt120 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6154 and Xeon Gold 6129. 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)+no data
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0--

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6154 and Xeon Gold 6129 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 6154 and Xeon Gold 6129 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6154 and Xeon Gold 6129. 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/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6154 and Xeon Gold 6129.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 July 2017 1 April 2018
Physical cores 18 16
Threads 36 32
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 120 Watt

Xeon Gold 6154 has 12.5% more physical cores and 12.5% more threads.

Xeon Gold 6129, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 months, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

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