Intel Xeon Silver 4310 vs Gold 6146

General info

Comparing Xeon Gold 6146 and Xeon Silver 4310 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	301	318
Value for money	3.86	26.29
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	no data
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	11 July 2017 (5 years old)	6 April 2021 (2 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,286	no data
Current price	$2865 (0.9x MSRP)	$686

Technical specs

Xeon Gold 6146 and Xeon Silver 4310 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)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	24	24
Base clock speed	3.2 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.2 GHz	3.3 GHz
L1 cache	768 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	12 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	24.75 MB	18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Maximum core temperature	76 °C	82 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	82 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6146 and Xeon Silver 4310 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)	2
Socket	FCLGA3647	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	165 Watt	120 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6146 and Xeon Silver 4310. 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)	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
TSX	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6146 and Xeon Silver 4310 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6146 and Xeon Silver 4310 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 Silver 4310. Depending on the motherboards, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size	768 GB	6 TB
Max memory channels	6	8
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 Silver 4310.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	48	64

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 6146 outperforms Silver 4310 by 1% in our combined benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	18.48	18.23
Recency	11 July 2017	6 April 2021
Boost clock speed	3200	3300
Base clock speed	0	2100
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	165 Watt	120 Watt

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