Xeon X5260 vs Gold 6154
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 6154 outperforms Xeon X5260 by a whopping 2049% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 469 | 2845 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.06 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | Intel Xeon Gold | no data |
| Power efficiency | 3.31 | 0.39 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | Intel | no data |
| Architecture codename | Skylake (server) (2017−2018) | no data |
| Release date | 11 July 2017 (8 years ago) | 1 October 2007 (17 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $3,543 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon Gold 6154 and Xeon X5260 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) | no data |
| Threads | 36 | no data |
| Base clock speed | 3 GHz | 3.33 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.7 GHz | no data |
| Bus type | DMI 3.0 | no data |
| Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | 30 | no data |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | no data |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | no data |
| L3 cache | 24.75 MB (shared) | 6 MB L2 Cache |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 45 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 82 °C | 66 °C |
| Number of transistors | 8,000 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
| VID voltage range | no data | 0.85V-1.35V |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Gold 6154 and Xeon X5260 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) | no data |
| Socket | FCLGA3647 | LGA771 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | 80 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6154 and Xeon X5260. 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 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| vPro | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Speed Shift | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | - |
| TSX | + | - |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - | no data |
| FSB parity | no data | - |
Security technologies
Xeon Gold 6154 and Xeon X5260 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | - |
| EDB | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6154 and Xeon X5260 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6154 and Xeon X5260. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2666 | no data |
| Maximum memory size | 768 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 6 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 128.001 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6154 and Xeon X5260.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | no 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.
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 | 15.69 | 0.73 |
| Recency | 11 July 2017 | 1 October 2007 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | 80 Watt |
Xeon Gold 6154 has a 2049.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.
Xeon X5260, on the other hand, has 150% lower power consumption.
The Intel Xeon Gold 6154 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Xeon X5260 in performance tests.
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