Xeon Gold 6142 vs Gold 6126F

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated488
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data3.67
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon GoldIntel Xeon Gold
Power efficiencyno data10.19
DesignerIntelIntel
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Skylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date11 July 2017 (7 years ago)25 April 2017 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,931$2,946

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6126F and Xeon Gold 6142 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads2432
Base clock speed2.6 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier2626
L1 cache768 KB1 MB
L2 cache12 MB16 MB
L3 cache19.25 MB22 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature86 °C85 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6126F and Xeon Gold 6142 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 configuration4 (Multiprocessor)4 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)135 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6126F and Xeon Gold 6142. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0--

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6126F and Xeon Gold 6142 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6126F and Xeon Gold 6142 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6126F and Xeon Gold 6142. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size768 GB768 GB
Max memory channels66
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/s128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6126F and Xeon Gold 6142.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 July 2017 25 April 2017
Physical cores 12 16
Threads 24 32
Power consumption (TDP) 135 Watt 150 Watt

Xeon Gold 6126F has an age advantage of 2 months, and 11.1% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6142, on the other hand, has 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Intel Xeon Gold 6126F and Intel Xeon Gold 6142. We've got no test results to judge.

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