Xeon Gold 6262 vs Gold 6161

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6161 and Xeon Gold 6262 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated541
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Power efficiencyno data9.63
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)no data
Release dateno data1 April 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6161 and Xeon Gold 6262 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 cores22 (Docosa-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads4448
Base clock speedno data1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz3.6 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier22no data
L1 cache1.375 MBno data
L2 cache22 MBno data
L3 cache30.25 MB33 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data91 °C
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6161 and Xeon Gold 6262 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
SocketSocket Pno data
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt135 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6161 and Xeon Gold 6262. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX+-
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6161 and Xeon Gold 6262 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6161 and Xeon Gold 6262 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6161 and Xeon Gold 6262. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4-2400
Maximum memory sizeno data1 TB
Max memory channels66
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6161 and Xeon Gold 6262.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 22 24
Threads 44 48
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 135 Watt

Xeon Gold 6262 has 9.1% more physical cores and 9.1% more threads, and 22.2% lower power consumption.

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