Xeon Gold 6240M vs Gold 6212U

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6212U and Xeon Gold 6240M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking369not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation13.02no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon GoldIntel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency9.92no data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,000$5,448

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6212U and Xeon Gold 6240M 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 cores24 (Tetracosa-Core)18 (Octadeca-Core)
Threads4836
Base clock speed2.4 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz3.9 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0DMI 3.0
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier2426
L1 cache1.5 MB1.125 MB
L2 cache24 MB18 MB
L3 cache35.75 MB24.75 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature90 °C85 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6212U and Xeon Gold 6240M 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)4 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA3647Socket P
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6212U and Xeon Gold 6240M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® 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 6212U and Xeon Gold 6240M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6212U and Xeon Gold 6240M are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6212U and Xeon Gold 6240M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size1 TB2 TB
Max memory channels66
Maximum memory bandwidth140.8 GB/s140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6212U and Xeon Gold 6240M.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 24 18
Threads 48 36
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 150 Watt

Xeon Gold 6212U has 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads.

Xeon Gold 6240M, on the other hand, has 10% lower power consumption.

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