Xeon E-2486 vs Gold 6140

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6140 and Xeon E-2486 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking453not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.81no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Power efficiency10.40no data
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Raptor Lake-S (2023−2024)
Release date25 April 2017 (7 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,445$506

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6140 and Xeon E-2486 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 cores18 (Octadeca-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads3612
Base clock speed2.3 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz5.6 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s16 GT/s
Multiplier23no data
L1 cache1.125 MB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache18 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache24.75 MB18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data163 mm2
Maximum core temperature91 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6140 and Xeon E-2486 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)1
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6140 and Xeon E-2486. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.02
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX+-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-+

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6140 and Xeon E-2486 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6140 and Xeon E-2486 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6140 and Xeon E-2486. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size768 GB128 GB
Max memory channels62
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6140 and Xeon E-2486.

PCIe version3.05
PCI Express lanes4816

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 April 2017 14 December 2023
Physical cores 18 6
Threads 36 12
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 95 Watt

Xeon Gold 6140 has 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

Xeon E-2486, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, and 47.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 6140 and Xeon E-2486. We've got no test results to judge.


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