Xeon Gold 6135 vs Silver 4215R

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4215R and Xeon Gold 6135 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	800	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	17.97	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Silver	no data
Power efficiency	6.87	no data
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	no data
Release date	24 February 2020 (4 years ago)	1 July 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$794	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4215R and Xeon Gold 6135 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	3.2 GHz	3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	4.2 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	32	no data
L1 cache	512 KB	no data
L2 cache	8 MB	no data
L3 cache	11 MB	25 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	79 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4215R and Xeon Gold 6135 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.

Socket	FCLGA3647	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	155 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4215R and Xeon Gold 6135. 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® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	-
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4215R and Xeon Gold 6135 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 Silver 4215R and Xeon Gold 6135 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4215R and Xeon Gold 6135. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size	1 TB	768 GB
Max memory channels	6	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	115.212 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4215R and Xeon Gold 6135.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	48

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	24 February 2020	1 July 2017
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	155 Watt

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