Xeon Gold 6240R vs Platinum 8160T

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8160T and Xeon Gold 6240R processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated259
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data19.06
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon PlatinumIntel Xeon Gold
Power efficiencyno data12.04
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date25 April 2017 (7 years ago)24 February 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$4,936$2,200

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8160T and Xeon Gold 6240R 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)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads4848
Base clock speed2.1 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier2124
L1 cache1.5 MB1.5 MB
L2 cache24 MB24 MB
L3 cache33 MB35.75 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature93 °C90 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8160T and Xeon Gold 6240R 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 configuration8 (Multiprocessor)no data
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8160T and Xeon Gold 6240R. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® 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--
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8160T and Xeon Gold 6240R technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8160T and Xeon Gold 6240R are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8160T and Xeon Gold 6240R. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size768 GB1 TB
Max memory channels66
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/s140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8160T and Xeon Gold 6240R.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 April 2017 24 February 2020
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 165 Watt

Xeon Platinum 8160T has 10% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6240R, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Platinum 8160T and Xeon Gold 6240R. We've got no test results to judge.


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