Xeon Gold 6150 vs Gold 6140M

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6140M and Xeon Gold 6150 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	390
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	4.16
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	Intel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency	no data	9.67
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2018)	Skylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date	25 April 2017 (7 years ago)	25 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$5,448	$3,358

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6140M and Xeon Gold 6150 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	18 (Octadeca-Core)	18 (Octadeca-Core)
Threads	36	36
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	23	27
L1 cache	1.125 MB	1.125 MB
L2 cache	18 MB	18 MB
L3 cache	24.75 MB	24.75 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	91 °C	89 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6140M and Xeon Gold 6150 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)	4 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA3647	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	140 Watt	165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6140M and Xeon Gold 6150. 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	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6140M and Xeon Gold 6150 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6140M and Xeon Gold 6150 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6140M and Xeon Gold 6150. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	768 GB
Max memory channels	6	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	128.001 GB/s	128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6140M and Xeon Gold 6150.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	48

Pros & cons summary

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Power consumption (TDP)

140 Watt

165 Watt

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