Intel Xeon Silver 4314 vs Gold 6146

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Combined performance score

Xeon Gold 6146
15.17

Silver 4314 outperforms Gold 6146 by 26% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Xeon Gold 6146 and Xeon Silver 4314 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking402265
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money10.2526.26
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2019)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date11 July 2017 (6 years old)6 April 2021 (2 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,286no data
Current price$989 (0.3x MSRP)$1141
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4314 has 156% better value for money than Xeon Gold 6146.

Technical specs

Xeon Gold 6146 and Xeon Silver 4314 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads2432
Base clock speed3.2 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz3.4 GHz
L1 cache768 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache12 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache24.75 MB24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature76 °C86 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data86 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6146 and Xeon Silver 4314 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
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt135 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6146 and Xeon Silver 4314. 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-no data
StatusDiscontinuedLaunched

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6146 and Xeon Silver 4314 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6146 and Xeon Silver 4314 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 4314. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size768 GB6 TB
Max memory channels68
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6146 and Xeon Silver 4314.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes4864

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


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.

Xeon Gold 6146 15.17
Xeon Silver 4314 19.11
+26%

Silver 4314 outperforms Gold 6146 by 26% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Xeon Gold 6146 23296
Xeon Silver 4314 29346
+26%

Silver 4314 outperforms Gold 6146 by 26% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Xeon Gold 6146 1220
Xeon Silver 4314 1239
+1.6%

Silver 4314 outperforms Gold 6146 by 2% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Xeon Gold 6146 8965
Xeon Silver 4314 9516
+6.1%

Silver 4314 outperforms Gold 6146 by 6% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 15.17 19.11
Recency 11 July 2017 6 April 2021
Physical cores 12 16
Threads 24 32
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 135 Watt

The Xeon Silver 4314 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Gold 6146 in performance tests.


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