Pentium Silver vs Xeon Gold 6148

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon Gold 6148
2017, $3,072
20 cores / 40 threads, 150 Watt
16.59
+888%

Xeon Gold 6148 outperforms Pentium Silver by a whopping 888% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking4782311
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.37no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Power efficiency4.67no data
DesignerIntelIntel
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)no data
Release date25 April 2017 (8 years ago)1 July 2020 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,072no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6148 and Pentium Silver 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 cores20 (Icosa-Core)no data
Threads40no data
Base clock speed2.4 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.7 GHzno data
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier24no data
L1 cache1.25 MBno data
L2 cache20 MBno data
L3 cache27.5 MBno data
Chip lithography14 nmno data
Maximum core temperature86 °Cno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6148 and Pentium Silver 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)no data
SocketFCLGA3647no data
Power consumption (TDP)150 Wattno data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6148 and Pentium Silver. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512no data
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6148 and Pentium Silver technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6148 and Pentium Silver are enumerated here.

VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6148 and Pentium Silver. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666no data
Maximum memory size768 GBno data
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6148 and Pentium Silver.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes48no data

Synthetic benchmarks

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.

Xeon Gold 6148 16.59
+888%
Pentium Silver 1.68

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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.

Xeon Gold 6148 29037
+890%
Samples: 36
Pentium Silver 2932
Samples: 299

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 16.59 1.68
Recency 25 April 2017 1 July 2020

Xeon Gold 6148 has a 887.5% higher aggregate performance score.

Pentium Silver, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years.

The Intel Xeon Gold 6148 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium Silver in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon Gold 6148 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium Silver is a notebook one.

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