Xeon Gold 6248R vs Pentium B950

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	3012	323
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.03	4.50
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Pentium	Intel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency	0.70	4.16
Designer	Intel	Intel
Manufacturer	Intel	no data
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	19 June 2011 (14 years ago)	24 February 2020 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$134	$2,700

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 6248R has 14900% better value for money than Pentium B950.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Pentium B950 and Xeon Gold 6248R 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	2 (Dual-core)	24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads	2	48
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.1 GHz	4 GHz
Bus type	DMI 2.0	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	4 × 5 GT/s	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	21	30
L1 cache	64K (per core)	1.5 MB
L2 cache	256K (per core)	24 MB
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	35.75 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Die size	131 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	75 °C
Number of transistors	504 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium B950 and Xeon Gold 6248R 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	1 (Uniprocessor)	no data
Socket	PGA988	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium B950 and Xeon Gold 6248R. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	-	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
My WiFi	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Pentium B950 and Xeon Gold 6248R technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	+
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium B950 and Xeon Gold 6248R are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium B950 and Xeon Gold 6248R. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	16 GB	1 TB
Max memory channels	2	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.335 GB/s	140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processors	no data
Graphics max frequency	1.1 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium B950 and Xeon Gold 6248R integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	2	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
SDVO	+	no data
CRT	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium B950 and Xeon Gold 6248R.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	48

Synthetic benchmarks

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.58	20.16
Recency	19 June 2011	24 February 2020
Physical cores	2	24
Threads	2	48
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	205 Watt

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