Xeon D-2796TE vs Gold 6148
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 6148 outperforms Xeon D-2796TE by a moderate 11% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 409 | 482 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.41 | 5.61 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | Intel Xeon Gold | no data |
| Power efficiency | 4.67 | 5.37 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Skylake (server) (2017−2018) | Ice Lake-D (2022−2023) |
| Release date | 25 April 2017 (8 years ago) | 24 February 2022 (3 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $3,072 | $2,101 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Xeon D-2796TE has 298% better value for money than Xeon Gold 6148.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon Gold 6148 and Xeon D-2796TE 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 | 20 (Icosa-Core) | 20 (Icosa-Core) |
| Performance-cores | no data | 20 |
| Threads | 40 | 40 |
| Base clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.7 GHz | 3.1 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 3.0 | no data |
| Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | 24 | no data |
| L1 cache | 1.25 MB | 80 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 20 MB | 1.25 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 27.5 MB | 30 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 10 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 86 °C | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Gold 6148 and Xeon D-2796TE 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) | 1 |
| Socket | FCLGA3647 | FCBGA2579 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 118 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6148 and Xeon D-2796TE. 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 | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| QuickAssist | no data | - |
| Speed Shift | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | + |
| TSX | + | - |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - | no data |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Xeon Gold 6148 and Xeon D-2796TE 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 6148 and Xeon D-2796TE are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6148 and Xeon D-2796TE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2666 | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | 768 GB | 1 TB |
| Max memory channels | 6 | 4 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 128.001 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6148 and Xeon D-2796TE.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | 32 |
| USB revision | no data | 3.0 |
| Total number of SATA ports | no data | 24 |
| Number of USB ports | no data | 4 |
| Integrated LAN | no data | + |
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 17.51 | 15.84 |
| Recency | 25 April 2017 | 24 February 2022 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 118 Watt |
Xeon Gold 6148 has a 10.5% higher aggregate performance score.
Xeon D-2796TE, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 27.1% lower power consumption.
The Intel Xeon Gold 6148 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Xeon D-2796TE in performance tests.
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