Xeon Platinum 8124 vs Gold 6148

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6148 and Xeon Platinum 8124 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking328not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.32no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon GoldIntel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency11.57no data
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Skylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date25 April 2017 (7 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$3,072no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6148 and Xeon Platinum 8124 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)18 (Octadeca-Core)
Threads4036
Base clock speed2.4 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0DMI 3.0
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier2430
L1 cache1.25 MB1.125 MB
L2 cache20 MB18 MB
L3 cache27.5 MB24.75 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature86 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6148 and Xeon Platinum 8124 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)8 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA3647Socket P
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt240 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6148 and Xeon Platinum 8124. 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++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
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 Xeon Platinum 8124 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6148 and Xeon Platinum 8124 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 Platinum 8124. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size768 GB768 GB
Max memory channels66
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/s128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6148 and Xeon Platinum 8124.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 20 18
Threads 40 36
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 240 Watt

Xeon Gold 6148 has 11.1% more physical cores and 11.1% more threads, and 60% lower power consumption.

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