Xeon Gold 5420+ vs Gold 6250L

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6250L and Xeon Gold 5420+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated95
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data59.38
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiencyno data16.91
Architecture codenameno dataSapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date1 January 2020 (4 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,848

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6250L and Xeon Gold 5420+ 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads1656
Base clock speed3.9 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed4.5 GHz4.1 GHz
L1 cacheno data80K (per core)
L2 cacheno data2 MB (per core)
L3 cache35.75 MB52.5 MB
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature60 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data84 °C
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6250L and Xeon Gold 5420+ 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 configurationno data2
SocketFCLGA36474677
Power consumption (TDP)185 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6250L and Xeon Gold 5420+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512no data
AES-NI++
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6250L and Xeon Gold 5420+ technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6250L and Xeon Gold 5420+ are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6250L and Xeon Gold 5420+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size4.5 TBno data
Max memory channels6no data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6250L and Xeon Gold 5420+.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes4880

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2020 10 January 2023
Physical cores 8 28
Threads 16 56
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 185 Watt 205 Watt

Xeon Gold 6250L has 10.8% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5420+, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, 250% more physical cores and 250% more threads, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

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