Xeon Gold 6248 vs Phi 7210

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon Phi 7210
2016
64 cores / 256 threads, 215 Watt
4.60
Xeon Gold 6248
2019
20 cores / 40 threads, 150 Watt
18.78
+308%

Xeon Gold 6248 outperforms Xeon Phi 7210 by a whopping 308% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Phi 7210 and Xeon Gold 6248 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1302319
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data9.57
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency2.0211.85
Architecture codenameKnights Landing (2016)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date20 June 2016 (8 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$3,072

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Phi 7210 and Xeon Gold 6248 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 cores64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)20 (Icosa-Core)
Threads25640
Base clock speed1.3 GHz2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed1.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data25
L1 cache32 KB (per core)1.25 MB
L2 cache512 KB (per core)20 MB
L3 cache0 KB (shared)27.5 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data86 °C
Number of transistors8,000 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Phi 7210 and Xeon Gold 6248 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 configuration14 (Multiprocessor)
Socket3647FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)215 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Phi 7210 and Xeon Gold 6248. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon Phi 7210 and Xeon Gold 6248 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Phi 7210 and Xeon Gold 6248 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Phi 7210 and Xeon Gold 6248. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4-2933
Maximum memory sizeno data1 TB
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidthno data140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Phi 7210 and Xeon Gold 6248.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


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.

Xeon Phi 7210 4.60
Xeon Gold 6248 18.78
+308%

  • Passmark

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon Phi 7210 7306
Xeon Gold 6248 29831
+308%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.60 18.78
Recency 20 June 2016 2 April 2019
Physical cores 64 20
Threads 256 40
Power consumption (TDP) 215 Watt 150 Watt

Xeon Phi 7210 has 220% more physical cores and 540% more threads.

Xeon Gold 6248, on the other hand, has a 308.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and 43.3% lower power consumption.

The Xeon Gold 6248 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Phi 7210 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Phi 7210 and Xeon Gold 6248, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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