Xeon Platinum 8468 vs Gold 6252

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6252 and Xeon Platinum 8468 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking378not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation7.00no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Power efficiency10.78no data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,655$7,214

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6252 and Xeon Platinum 8468 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 cores24 (Tetracosa-Core)48 (Octatetraconta-Core)
Threads4896
Base clock speed2.1 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.8 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache1.5 MB80K (per core)
L2 cache24 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache35.75 MB105 MB
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data4x 477 mm2
Maximum core temperature86 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data79 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6252 and Xeon Platinum 8468 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)2
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt350 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6252 and Xeon Platinum 8468. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6252 and Xeon Platinum 8468 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6252 and Xeon Platinum 8468 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6252 and Xeon Platinum 8468. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size1 TB4 TB
Max memory channels68
Maximum memory bandwidth140.8 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6252 and Xeon Platinum 8468.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes4880

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2019 10 January 2023
Physical cores 24 48
Threads 48 96
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 350 Watt

Xeon Gold 6252 has 133.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8468, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 6252 and Xeon Platinum 8468. We've got no test results to judge.


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