Intel Xeon Gold 6250 vs Intel Xeon 5120

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6250 and Intel Xeon 5120 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

Intel Xeon Gold 6250

Intel Xeon 5120

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6250

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
Around 142% higher clock speed: 4.50 GHz vs 1.86 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 65 nm
3.5x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2705 vs 770
23.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 35164 vs 1486

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 2
Maximum frequency	4.50 GHz vs 1.86 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2705 vs 770
PassMark - CPU mark	35164 vs 1486

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon 5120

Around 8% higher maximum core temperature: 65°C vs 60°C
2.8x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 185 Watt

Maximum core temperature	65°C vs 60°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 185 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6250
CPU 2: Intel Xeon 5120

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2705

770

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

35164

1486

Name	Intel Xeon Gold 6250	Intel Xeon 5120
PassMark - Single thread mark	2705	770
PassMark - CPU mark	35164	1486
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		3655
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		25615

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Gold 6250	Intel Xeon 5120
Essentials
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake	Woodcrest
Launch date	Q1'20	June 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$3894	$45
Place in performance rating	492	507
Processor Number	6250	5120
Series	2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors	Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Price now		$1,628.48
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		0.23
Performance
Base frequency	3.90 GHz	1.86 GHz
L3 cache	35.75 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	65 nm
Maximum core temperature	60°C	65°C
Maximum frequency	4.50 GHz	1.86 GHz
Number of cores	8	2
Number of threads	16
64 bit support
Bus Speed		1066 MHz FSB
Die size		143 mm2
L2 cache		4096 KB
Transistor count		291 million
VID voltage range		B2=1.0V-1.5V, G0=.85V-1.5V
Memory
Max memory channels	6
Maximum memory size	1 TB
Supported memory frequency	2933 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR2
Compatibility
Package Size	76.0mm x 56.5mm	37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	LGA771
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	185 Watt	65 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Scenario Design Power (SDP)		0 W
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48
PCI Express revision	3.0
Scalability	S4S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions	Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units	2
Speed Shift technology
FSB parity
Idle States
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)