Xeon Gold 6258R vs i9-10940XE

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Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated246
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data12.84
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Gold
Power efficiencyno data11.78
DesignerIntelIntel
ManufacturerIntelno data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake-X (2019)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date19 October 2019 (5 years ago)24 February 2020 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$3,950

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Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core i9-10940XE and Xeon Gold 6258R 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 cores14 (Tetradeca-Core)28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads2856
Base clock speed3.3 GHz2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed4.8 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data27
L1 cache64K (per core)1.75 MB
L2 cache1 MB (per core)28 MB
L3 cache19.25 MB (shared)38.5 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data74 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Core i9-10940XE and Xeon Gold 6258R 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 configuration1no data
Socket2066FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i9-10940XE and Xeon Gold 6258R. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Core i9-10940XE and Xeon Gold 6258R technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i9-10940XE and Xeon Gold 6258R are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i9-10940XE and Xeon Gold 6258R. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Quad-channelDDR4-2933
Maximum memory sizeno data1 TB
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidthno data140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i9-10940XE and Xeon Gold 6258R.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 October 2019 24 February 2020
Physical cores 14 28
Threads 28 56
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 205 Watt

i9-10940XE has 24.2% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6258R, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 months, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Intel Core i9-10940XE and Intel Xeon Gold 6258R. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core i9-10940XE is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 6258R is a server/workstation one.

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