Xeon Gold 6162 vs Platinum 8268

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8268 and Xeon Gold 6162 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking236not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.69no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Platinumno data
Power efficiency10.02no data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake-SP (2018−2019)no data
Release date11 December 2018 (5 years ago)1 July 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$6,302no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8268 and Xeon Gold 6162 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 speed2.9 GHz1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz3.5 GHz
Multiplier29no data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache1 MB (per core)no data
L3 cache35.75 MB (shared)33 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature84 °Cno data
Number of transistors8,000 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8268 and Xeon Gold 6162 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)205 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8268 and Xeon Gold 6162. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8268 and Xeon Gold 6162 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 Platinum 8268 and Xeon Gold 6162 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8268 and Xeon Gold 6162. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size1 TB768 GB
Max memory channels66
Maximum memory bandwidth140.8 GB/sno data
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 Platinum 8268 and Xeon Gold 6162.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 December 2018 1 July 2018
Power consumption (TDP) 205 Watt 150 Watt

Xeon Platinum 8268 has an age advantage of 5 months.

Xeon Gold 6162, on the other hand, has 36.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Platinum 8268 and Xeon Gold 6162. We've got no test results to judge.


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