Xeon Gold 6244 vs 6517P

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon 6517P
2025
16 cores / 32 threads, 190 Watt
28.21
+165%

Xeon 6517P outperforms Xeon Gold 6244 by a whopping 165% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking191791
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data1.30
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency6.283.00
DesignerIntelIntel
Architecture codenameno dataCascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date1 January 2025 (less than a year ago)2 April 2019 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,925

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Xeon 6517P and Xeon Gold 6244 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads3216
Base clock speed3.2 GHz3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz4.4 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data36
L1 cacheno data512 KB
L2 cacheno data8 MB
L3 cache72 MB24.75 MB
Chip lithographyIntel 3 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature79 °C74 °C
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon 6517P and Xeon Gold 6244 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 configurationno data4 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA4710FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)190 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon 6517P and Xeon Gold 6244. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Xeon 6517P and Xeon Gold 6244 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGX+no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon 6517P and Xeon Gold 6244 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon 6517P and Xeon Gold 6244. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5(6400MT/s)DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size4 TB1 TB
Max memory channels86
Maximum memory bandwidthno data140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon 6517P and Xeon Gold 6244.

PCIe version5.03.0
PCI Express lanes8848

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.

Xeon 6517P 28.21
+165%
Xeon Gold 6244 10.66

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.

Xeon 6517P Samples: 3 49572
+165%
Xeon Gold 6244 Samples: 8 18734

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 28.21 10.66
Recency 1 January 2025 2 April 2019
Physical cores 16 8
Threads 32 16
Power consumption (TDP) 190 Watt 150 Watt

Xeon 6517P has a 164.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Xeon Gold 6244, on the other hand, has 26.7% lower power consumption.

The Intel Xeon 6517P is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Xeon Gold 6244 in performance tests.

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