Xeon Gold 6248 vs 3.06
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 6248 outperforms Xeon 3.06 by a whopping 5453% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3277 | 396 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 2.56 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | no data | Intel Xeon Gold |
| Power efficiency | 0.13 | 4.74 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Gallatin (2003−2004) | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) |
| Release date | March 2003 (22 years ago) | 2 April 2019 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $3,072 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon 3.06 and Xeon Gold 6248 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 | 1 (Single-Core) | 20 (Icosa-Core) |
| Threads | 1 | 40 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.5 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.07 GHz | 3.9 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | DMI 3.0 |
| Bus rate | no data | 4 × 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 25 |
| L1 cache | 16K | 1.25 MB |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | 20 MB |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | 27.5 MB |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 237 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 86 °C |
| Number of transistors | 286 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon 3.06 and Xeon Gold 6248 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 | 4 (Multiprocessor) |
| Socket | 604 | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 97 Watt | 150 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon 3.06 and Xeon Gold 6248. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Xeon 3.06 and Xeon Gold 6248 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon 3.06 and Xeon Gold 6248 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon 3.06 and Xeon Gold 6248. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4-2933 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 1 TB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 6 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 140.8 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon 3.06 and Xeon Gold 6248.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 48 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.32 | 17.77 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 20 |
| Threads | 1 | 40 |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 97 Watt | 150 Watt |
Xeon 3.06 has 54.6% lower power consumption.
Xeon Gold 6248, on the other hand, has a 5453.1% higher aggregate performance score, 1900% more physical cores and 3900% more threads, and a 828.6% more advanced lithography process.
The Intel Xeon Gold 6248 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Xeon 3.06 in performance tests.
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