Xeon Silver 4214 vs Gold 6140M

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6140M and Xeon Silver 4214 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated763
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data17.75
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon GoldIntel Xeon Silver
Power efficiencyno data11.39
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date25 April 2017 (7 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$5,448$694

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6140M and Xeon Silver 4214 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)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads3624
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.2 GHz
Multiplier2322
L1 cache1.125 MB768 KB
L2 cache18 MB12 MB
L3 cache24.75 MB16.5 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature91 °C77 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6140M and Xeon Silver 4214 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)2 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6140M and Xeon Silver 4214. 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--
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6140M and Xeon Silver 4214 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 Silver 4214 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 Silver 4214. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size1.5 TB1 TB
Max memory channels66
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/s115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6140M and Xeon Silver 4214.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 April 2017 2 April 2019
Physical cores 18 12
Threads 36 24
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 85 Watt

Xeon Gold 6140M has 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads.

Xeon Silver 4214, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 64.7% lower power consumption.

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