Xeon Gold 6230T vs W-2150B
Primary details
Comparing Xeon W-2150B and Xeon Gold 6230T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 582 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | Intel Xeon W | Intel Xeon Gold |
| Power efficiency | 10.19 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Skylake (server) (2017−2019) | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) |
| Release date | 5 June 2017 (7 years ago) | 2 April 2019 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $1,988 |
Detailed specifications
Xeon W-2150B and Xeon Gold 6230T 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 | 10 (Deca-Core) | 20 (Icosa-Core) |
| Threads | 20 | 40 |
| Base clock speed | 3 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3 GHz | 3.9 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 3.0 | DMI 3.0 |
| Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | 4 × 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | 30 | 21 |
| L1 cache | 640 KB | 1.25 MB |
| L2 cache | 10 MB | 20 MB |
| L3 cache | 13.75 MB (shared) | 27.5 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 484 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 92 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 68 °C | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon W-2150B and Xeon Gold 6230T 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 | 1 (Uniprocessor) | 4 (Multiprocessor) |
| Socket | 2066 | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 125 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-2150B and Xeon Gold 6230T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | + | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| TSX | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Xeon W-2150B and Xeon Gold 6230T 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 W-2150B and Xeon Gold 6230T are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W-2150B and Xeon Gold 6230T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2666 | DDR4-2933 |
| Maximum memory size | 512 GB | 1 TB |
| Max memory channels | 4 | 6 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 85.33 GB/s | 140.8 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W-2150B and Xeon Gold 6230T.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | 48 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 5 June 2017 | 2 April 2019 |
| Physical cores | 10 | 20 |
| Threads | 20 | 40 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 125 Watt |
Xeon W-2150B has 4.2% lower power consumption.
Xeon Gold 6230T, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.
We couldn't decide between Xeon W-2150B and Xeon Gold 6230T. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon W-2150B and Xeon Gold 6230T, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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