Xeon Silver 4216 vs Gold 6248

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6248 and Xeon Silver 4216 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	295	551
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	25.13	45.93
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	Intel Xeon Silver
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,072	$1,002

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Silver 4216 has 83% better value for money than Xeon Gold 6248.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6248 and Xeon Silver 4216 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	20 (Icosa-Core)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	40	32
Boost clock speed	2.5 GHz	2.1 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	25	21
L1 cache	1.25 MB	1 MB
L2 cache	20 MB	16 MB
L3 cache	27.5 MB	22 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	86 °C	79 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6248 and Xeon Silver 4216 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 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	Socket P	Socket P
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	100 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6248 and Xeon Silver 4216. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
TSX	+	+

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6248 and Xeon Silver 4216 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

+

+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6248 and Xeon Silver 4216 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6248 and Xeon Silver 4216. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	no data
Maximum memory size	1 TiB	1 TiB
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	140.8 GB/s	115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6248 and Xeon Silver 4216.

PCI Express lanes

48

48

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.

Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	19.08	13.33
Physical cores	20	16
Threads	40	32
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	100 Watt

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