Xeon Gold 6252N vs Silver 4110

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4110 and Xeon Gold 6252N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1049	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	6.05	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Silver	Intel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency	7.16	no data
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2018)	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	11 July 2017 (7 years ago)	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$501	$4,259

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4110 and Xeon Gold 6252N 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 cores	8 (Octa-Core)	24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads	16	48
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	3.6 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	21	23
L1 cache	512 KB	1.5 MB
L2 cache	8 MB	24 MB
L3 cache	11 MB	35.75 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	77 °C	74 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4110 and Xeon Gold 6252N 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 configuration	2 (Multiprocessor)	4 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA3647	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4110 and Xeon Gold 6252N. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	-
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4110 and Xeon Gold 6252N technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4110 and Xeon Gold 6252N are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4110 and Xeon Gold 6252N. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	768 GB	1 TB
Max memory channels	6	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	115.212 GB/s	140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4110 and Xeon Gold 6252N.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	48

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	11 July 2017	2 April 2019
Physical cores	8	24
Threads	16	48
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	150 Watt

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