Xeon w5-3525 vs Gold 6209U

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6209U and Xeon w5-3525 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking416not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation17.60no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Power efficiency12.12no data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)24 August 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,350$1,339

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6209U and Xeon w5-3525 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)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads4032
Base clock speed2.1 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz4.8 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache1.25 MB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache20 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache27.5 MB45 MB
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data4x 477 mm2
Maximum core temperature87 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data75 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6209U and Xeon w5-3525 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt290 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6209U and Xeon w5-3525. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-+
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6209U and Xeon w5-3525 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6209U and Xeon w5-3525 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6209U and Xeon w5-3525. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size1 TB4 TB
Max memory channels68
Maximum memory bandwidth140.8 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6209U and Xeon w5-3525.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes48112

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2019 24 August 2024
Physical cores 20 16
Threads 40 32
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 290 Watt

Xeon Gold 6209U has 25% more physical cores and 25% more threads, and 132% lower power consumption.

Xeon w5-3525, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 6209U and Xeon w5-3525. We've got no test results to judge.


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