Xeon Gold 6250 vs Gold 6130T

General info

Comparing Xeon Gold 6130T and Xeon Gold 6250 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	459	485
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	3.54	3.17
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	no data
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	no data
Release date	11 July 2017 (6 years old)	1 January 2020 (4 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,988	no data
Current price	$2550 (1.3x MSRP)	$4951

Xeon Gold 6130T has 12% better value for money than Xeon Gold 6250.

Technical specs

Xeon Gold 6130T and Xeon Gold 6250 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	16 (Hexadeca-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	32	16
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	3.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	4.5 GHz
L1 cache	1 MB	no data
L2 cache	16 MB	no data
L3 cache	22 MB	35.75 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	92 °C	60 °C
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6130T and Xeon Gold 6250 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	4 (Multiprocessor)	no data
Socket	FCLGA3647	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	185 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6130T and Xeon Gold 6250. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	no data
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	-
Status	Launched	Launched

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6130T and Xeon Gold 6250 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6130T and Xeon Gold 6250 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6130T and Xeon Gold 6250. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	768 GB	1 TB
Max memory channels	6	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	128.001 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6130T and Xeon Gold 6250.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	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.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Gold 6130T outperforms Gold 6250 by 4% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	14.23	13.65
Recency	11 July 2017	1 January 2020
Physical cores	16	8
Threads	32	16
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	185 Watt

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