Xeon Gold 6161 vs Platinum 9282

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 9282 and Xeon Gold 6161 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Platinum	Intel Xeon Gold
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake-AP (2019)	Skylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 9282 and Xeon Gold 6161 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	56 (Hexapentaconta-Core)	22 (Docosa-Core)
Threads	112	44
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.8 GHz	2.2 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	26	22
L1 cache	64K (per core)	1.375 MB
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	22 MB
L3 cache	77 MB (shared)	30.25 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Number of transistors	8,000 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 9282 and Xeon Gold 6161 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	8	4 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	Intel BGA5903	Socket P
Power consumption (TDP)	400 Watt	165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 9282 and Xeon Gold 6161. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX-512	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	+
PowerNow	+	-
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	+
SIPP	+	-
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 9282 and Xeon Gold 6161 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

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no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 9282 and Xeon Gold 6161 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 9282 and Xeon Gold 6161. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size	2 TiB	no data
Max memory channels	12	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	281.6 GB/s	128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	56	22
Threads	112	44
Power consumption (TDP)	400 Watt	165 Watt

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