Xeon Gold 6161 vs L5506

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon L5506 and Xeon Gold 6161 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1804not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.70no data
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency3.68no data
Architecture codenameGainestown (2009−2010)Skylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date30 March 2009 (15 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$125no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon L5506 and Xeon Gold 6161 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)22 (Docosa-Core)
Threads444
Base clock speed2.13 GHzno data
Boost clock speed0.13 GHz2.2 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data22
L1 cache64 KB (per core)1.375 MB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)22 MB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)30.25 MB
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die size263 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature70 °Cno data
Number of transistors731 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon L5506 and Xeon Gold 6161 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 configuration24 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA1366Socket P
Power consumption (TDP)60 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon L5506 and Xeon Gold 6161. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE40 Bitno data

Security technologies

Xeon L5506 and Xeon Gold 6161 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon L5506 and Xeon Gold 6161 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon L5506 and Xeon Gold 6161. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size144 GBno data
Max memory channels36
Maximum memory bandwidth19.2 GB/s128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/Ano data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon L5506 and Xeon Gold 6161.

PCIe version2.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 22
Threads 4 44
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 165 Watt

Xeon L5506 has 175% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6161, on the other hand, has 450% more physical cores and 1000% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

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