Xeon Gold 6354 vs Gold 6150

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6150 and Xeon Gold 6354 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	363	186
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.48	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	no data
Power efficiency	9.91	12.04
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2018)	Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	25 April 2017 (7 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,358	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6150 and Xeon Gold 6354 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	18 (Octadeca-Core)	18 (Octadeca-Core)
Threads	36	36
Base clock speed	2.7 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	3.6 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	27	no data
L1 cache	1.125 MB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	18 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	24.75 MB	39 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Maximum core temperature	89 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	77 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6150 and Xeon Gold 6354 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	205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6150 and Xeon Gold 6354. 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)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6150 and Xeon Gold 6354 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 6150 and Xeon Gold 6354 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6150 and Xeon Gold 6354. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4-3200
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 6150 and Xeon Gold 6354.

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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	17.28	26.09
Recency	25 April 2017	6 April 2021
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	165 Watt	205 Watt

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