Intel Xeon Platinum 8380 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6146

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Platinum 8380 and Intel Xeon Gold 6146 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Platinum 8380

  • 28 more cores, run more applications at once: 40 vs 12
  • 56 more threads: 80 vs 24
  • Around 9% higher maximum core temperature: 83°C vs 76°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 14 nm
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 6 TB vs 768 GB
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2400 vs 2353
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 91257 vs 38974
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 40 vs 12
Number of threads 80 vs 24
Maximum core temperature 83°C vs 76°C
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size 6 TB vs 768 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2400 vs 2353
PassMark - CPU mark 91257 vs 38974

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6146

  • Around 24% higher clock speed: 4.20 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
  • Around 64% lower typical power consumption: 165 Watt vs 270 Watt
Maximum frequency 4.20 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 Watt vs 270 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Platinum 8380
CPU 2: Intel Xeon Gold 6146

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2400
2353
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
91257
38974
Name Intel Xeon Platinum 8380 Intel Xeon Gold 6146
PassMark - Single thread mark 2400 2353
PassMark - CPU mark 91257 38974
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 4964
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 35971

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Platinum 8380 Intel Xeon Gold 6146

Essentials

Architecture codename Ice Lake Skylake
Launch date 6 Apr 2021 Q3'17
Launch price (MSRP) $8099
Place in performance rating 88 21
Processor Number 8380 6146
Series 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
Status Launched Launched
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

Base frequency 2.30 GHz 3.20 GHz
L1 cache 2.5 MB
L2 cache 40 MB
L3 cache 60 MB
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 83°C 76°C
Maximum frequency 3.40 GHz 4.20 GHz
Number of cores 40 12
Number of threads 80 24
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 3 3

Memory

Max memory channels 8 6
Maximum memory size 6 TB 768 GB
Supported memory frequency 3200 MHz 2666 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4-2666

Compatibility

Package Size 77.5mm x 56.5mm 76.0mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA4189 FCLGA3647
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 270 Watt 165 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 64 48
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
Scalability 2S S4S

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)

Advanced Technologies

Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512 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 2
Speed Shift technology
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)