Xeon Gold 6162: specs and benchmarks
Summary
Intel started Xeon Gold 6162 sales 1 July 2018. This is a desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 24 cores and 48 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3500 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA3647 processor with a TDP of 150 Watt. It supports DDR4-2400 memory.
Primary details
Xeon Gold 6162 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Release date | 1 July 2018 (6 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 24 (Tetracosa-Core) | |
| Threads | 48 | |
| Base clock speed | 1.9 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 3.5 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L3 cache | 33 MB | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| 64 bit support | - | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Gold 6162 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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.
| Socket | FCLGA3647 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6162. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AVX-512 | |
| AES-NI | + | |
| vPro | + | |
| Speed Shift | + | |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | |
| TSX | + | |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-x | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6162's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2400 | |
| Maximum memory size | 768 GB | of 6 TiB (EPYC 9124) |
| Max memory channels | 6 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| ECC memory support | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K) |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | of 128 (EPYC 7551P) |
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Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Xeon Gold 6162, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Xeon Gold 6162 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 1 configurations using Xeon Gold 6162 in our database.
