Xeon Gold 6312U vs 6741P
Aggregate performance score
Xeon 6741P outperforms Xeon Gold 6312U by a whopping 137% 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 | 31 | 262 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Power efficiency | 8.08 | 5.53 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | no data | Ice Lake-SP (2021) |
| Release date | 1 January 2025 (less than a year ago) | 6 April 2021 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Xeon 6741P and Xeon Gold 6312U 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 | 48 (Octatetraconta-Core) | 24 (Tetracosa-Core) |
| Threads | 96 | 48 |
| Base clock speed | 2.5 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.8 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| L1 cache | no data | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | no data | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 288 MB | 36 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | Intel 3 nm | 10 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 79 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 80 °C |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon 6741P and Xeon Gold 6312U 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 | no data | 1 |
| Socket | FCLGA4710 | FCLGA4189 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 185 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon 6741P and Xeon Gold 6312U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Speed Shift | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | + |
| TSX | + | + |
| Deep Learning Boost | + | + |
Security technologies
Xeon 6741P and Xeon Gold 6312U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| SGX | + | Yes with Intel® SPS |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon 6741P and Xeon Gold 6312U are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon 6741P and Xeon Gold 6312U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5(6400MT/s) | DDR4-3200 |
| Maximum memory size | 4 TB | 6 TB |
| Max memory channels | 8 | 8 |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon 6741P and Xeon Gold 6312U.
| PCIe version | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 136 | 64 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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 | 56.97 | 24.02 |
| Recency | 1 January 2025 | 6 April 2021 |
| Physical cores | 48 | 24 |
| Threads | 96 | 48 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 185 Watt |
Xeon 6741P has a 137.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.
Xeon Gold 6312U, on the other hand, has 62.2% lower power consumption.
The Intel Xeon 6741P is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Xeon Gold 6312U in performance tests.
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