Xeon Gold 6161 vs Platinum 9282

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 9282 and Xeon Gold 6161 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon PlatinumIntel Xeon Gold
Architecture codenameCascade Lake-AP (2019)Skylake (server) (2017−2019)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 9282 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 cores56 (Hexapentaconta-Core)22 (Docosa-Core)
Threads11244
Base clock speed2.6 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz2.2 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0DMI 3.0
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier2622
L1 cache3.5 MB1.375 MB
L2 cache56 MB22 MB
L3 cache77 MB (shared)30.25 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Number of transistors8,000 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 9282 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 configuration84 (Multiprocessor)
SocketIntel BGA5903Socket P
Power consumption (TDP)400 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 9282 and Xeon Gold 6161. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX-512no data
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
PowerNow+-
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX++
SIPP+-
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 9282 and Xeon Gold 6161 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 9282 and Xeon Gold 6161 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-d++
VT-x++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 9282 and Xeon Gold 6161. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size2 TiBno data
Max memory channels126
Maximum memory bandwidth281.6 GB/s128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 56 22
Threads 112 44
Power consumption (TDP) 400 Watt 165 Watt

Xeon Platinum 9282 has 154.5% more physical cores and 154.5% more threads.

Xeon Gold 6161, on the other hand, has 142.4% lower power consumption.

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