Xeon Platinum 8380H vs Gold 6146

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6146 and Xeon Platinum 8380H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	486	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.60	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	no data
Power efficiency	8.41	no data
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2018)	Cooper Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	11 July 2017 (7 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,286	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6146 and Xeon Platinum 8380H 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	12 (Dodeca-Core)	28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads	24	56
Base clock speed	3.2 GHz	2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.2 GHz	4.3 GHz
Multiplier	32	no data
L1 cache	768 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	12 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	24.75 MB	38.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	76 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6146 and Xeon Platinum 8380H 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)	8
Socket	FCLGA3647	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	165 Watt	250 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6146 and Xeon Platinum 8380H. 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® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6146 and Xeon Platinum 8380H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6146 and Xeon Platinum 8380H are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6146 and Xeon Platinum 8380H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4 RDIMM
Maximum memory size	768 GB	1.12 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 6146 and Xeon Platinum 8380H.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	48

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	11 July 2017	6 April 2021
Physical cores	12	28
Threads	24	56
Power consumption (TDP)	165 Watt	250 Watt

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