Xeon Gold 6248R: specs and benchmarks
Aggregated performance score
It provides poor benchmark performance at 23.04% of a leader's which is Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.
Summary
Intel started Xeon Gold 6248R sales 24 February 2020 at a recommended price of $2,700. This is a Cascade Lake architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 24 cores and 48 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 4000 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA3647 processor with a TDP of 205 Watt. It supports DDR4-2933 memory.
Primary Details
Xeon Gold 6248R processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance ranking | 193 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation | 9.67 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Series | Intel Xeon Gold | |
| Architecture codename | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) | |
| Release date | 24 February 2020 (4 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $2,700 | of 305 (Core i7-870) |
| Current price | $3485 (1.3x MSRP) | of 15701 (Xeon Platinum 8276L) |
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed Specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 24 (Tetracosa-Core) | |
| Threads | 48 | |
| Base clock speed | 3 GHz | of 4.7 (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 4 GHz | of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS) |
| Bus support | 4 × 8 GT/s | |
| L1 cache | 1.5 MB | of 7.3 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core) |
| L2 cache | 24 MB | of 96 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
| L3 cache | 35.75 MB | of 768 (EPYC 7373X) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Maximum core temperature | 75 °C | of 110 (Atom x7-E3950) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | |
| Unlocked multiplier | No |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Gold 6248R compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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.
| Socket | FCLGA3647 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 205 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6248R. 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 | |
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + | |
| vPro | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| Speed Shift | + | |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | |
| TSX | + | |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - | |
| Status | Launched |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | |
| EDB | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-d | + | |
| VT-x | + | |
| EPT | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6248R's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2933 | |
| Maximum memory size | 1 TB | of 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3) |
| Max memory channels | 6 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 140.8 GB/s | of 460.8 (EPYC 9124) |
| ECC memory support | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | of 5 (Core i9-12900K) |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | of 128 (EPYC 7551P) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon Gold 6248R. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
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