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Intel Core i7-10700 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6248. Specifications

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Released
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Intel Core i7-10700
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Intel Xeon Gold 6248
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What's the best choice Intel Core i7-10700 or Intel Xeon Gold 6248? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

Intel Core i7-10700 has a base frequency of 2.90 GHz. 8 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 65 W. Released in Q2/2020.

Intel Xeon Gold 6248 has a base frequency of 2.50 GHz. 20 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 150 W. Released in Q2/2019.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    96 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 16% better clock speed

    2.90 GHz left arrow 2.50 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 23% higher specified turbo frequency

    4.80 GHz left arrow 3.90 GHz
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    65 W left arrow 150 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i7-10700 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    159 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    117 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    118 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    103 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    53 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    102 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    220 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    157 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    61 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    587 place
  • More number of cores

    12 more cores

    20 left arrow 8

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Core i7-10700 Intel Core i7-10700
Intel Xeon Gold 6248 Intel Xeon Gold 6248
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • CPU group
    Intel Core i 10000 left arrow Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200
  • Family
    Intel Core i7 left arrow Intel Xeon Gold
  • Generation
    10 left arrow 2
  • Predecessor
    Intel Core i7-9700 left arrow -
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Successor
    Intel Core i7-11700 left arrow -
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    2.9 GHz left arrow 2.5 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    8 left arrow 20
  • CPU Threads
    16 left arrow 40
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    4.8 GHz left arrow 3.9 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
    4.6 GHz left arrow -
  • Turbo Frequency (20 Cores)
    - left arrow 3 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • DirectX Version
    12 left arrow -
  • Execution units
    24 left arrow -
  • Generation
    9.5 left arrow -
  • GPU Frequency
    350 MHz left arrow -
  • GPU name
    Intel UHD Graphics 630 left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU Turbo
    1200 MHz left arrow No turbo
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow -
  • Max. GPU Memory
    64 GB left arrow -
  • Release date
    Q4/2017 left arrow -
  • Shader
    192 left arrow -
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow -
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow No
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon Gold 6248 and Intel Core i7-10700. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    No left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    128 GB left arrow -
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 6
  • Memory type
    DDR4-2933 left arrow DDR4-2933
  • PCIe lanes
    16 left arrow 48
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 3.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-10700 and Intel Xeon Gold 6248 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    100 °C left arrow -
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    65 W left arrow 150 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-10700 and Intel Xeon Gold 6248, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Comet Lake S left arrow Cascade Lake
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
  • L3-Cache
    16 MB left arrow 27.5 MB
  • Release date
    Q2/2020 left arrow Q2/2019
  • Socket
    LGA 1200 left arrow LGA 3647
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

No comparable benchmark results are available yet. Specifications alone do not determine which model is faster.

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