Xeon Gold 5415+ vs Gold 6250

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6250 and Xeon Gold 5415+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	566	428
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	34.59
Market segment	Server	Server
Power efficiency	6.74	9.91
Architecture codename	no data	Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date	1 January 2020 (4 years ago)	10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,076

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6250 and Xeon Gold 5415+ 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	8 (Octa-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	16	16
Base clock speed	3.9 GHz	2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.5 GHz	4.1 GHz
L1 cache	no data	80K (per core)
L2 cache	no data	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	35.75 MB	22.5 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Maximum core temperature	60 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	78 °C
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6250 and Xeon Gold 5415+ 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	no data	2
Socket	FCLGA3647	4677
Power consumption (TDP)	185 Watt	150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6250 and Xeon Gold 5415+. 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)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6250 and Xeon Gold 5415+ 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 6250 and Xeon Gold 5415+ are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6250 and Xeon Gold 5415+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size	1 TB	no data
Max memory channels	6	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6250 and Xeon Gold 5415+.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	48	80

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	13.17	15.71
Recency	1 January 2020	10 January 2023
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	185 Watt	150 Watt

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