Xeon Gold 6534 vs Gold 6250

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6250 and Xeon Gold 6534 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	575	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Power efficiency	6.74	no data
Architecture codename	no data	Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date	1 January 2020 (4 years ago)	14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$2,816

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6250 and Xeon Gold 6534 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	8 (Octa-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	16	16
Base clock speed	3.9 GHz	3.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.5 GHz	4.2 GHz
L1 cache	no data	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	no data	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	35.75 MB	22.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	no data	2x 763 mm2
Maximum core temperature	60 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	64 °C
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6250 and Xeon Gold 6534 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	no data	2
Socket	FCLGA3647	FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)	185 Watt	195 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6250 and Xeon Gold 6534. 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® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	-	+
vPro	no data	+
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 6250 and Xeon Gold 6534 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6250 and Xeon Gold 6534 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6250 and Xeon Gold 6534. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size	1 TB	4 TB
Max memory channels	6	8
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6250 and Xeon Gold 6534.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	48	80

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 January 2020	14 December 2023
Power consumption (TDP)	185 Watt	195 Watt

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