Intel Xeon Gold 6252N
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Intel Xeon Gold 6252N vs Intel Core i9-10900KF. Specifications

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Released
Q2/2019
Intel Xeon Gold 6252N
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Q2/2020
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Intel Core i9-10900KF
Intel Core i9-10900KF

What's the best choice Intel Xeon Gold 6252N or Intel Core i9-10900KF? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

Intel Xeon Gold 6252N has a base frequency of 2.30 GHz. 24 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 150 W. Released in Q2/2019.

Intel Core i9-10900KF has a base frequency of 3.70 GHz. 10 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 125 W. Released in Q2/2020.

Differences

  • More number of cores

    14 more cores

    24 left arrow 10
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    56 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 61% better clock speed

    3.70 GHz left arrow 2.30 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 47 % higher specified turbo frequency

    5.30 GHz left arrow 3.60 GHz
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    125 W left arrow 150 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i9-10900KF CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    117 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    63 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    33 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    49 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    28 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    68 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    171 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    93 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    39 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    18 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Xeon Gold 6252N Intel Xeon Gold 6252N
Intel Core i9-10900KF Intel Core i9-10900KF
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 left arrow Intel Core i 10000
  • Family
    Intel Xeon Gold left arrow Intel Core i9
  • Generation
    2 left arrow 10
  • Predecessor
    - left arrow Intel Core i9-9900KF
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Successor
    - left arrow Intel Core i9-11900KF
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
    2.3 GHz left arrow 3.7 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    24 left arrow 10
  • CPU Threads
    48 left arrow 20
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    3.6 GHz left arrow 5.3 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (24 Cores)
    2.7 GHz left arrow -
  • Turbo Frequency (10 Cores)
    - left arrow 4.9 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.

  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow None
  • GPU Turbo
    No turbo 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
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i9-10900KF and Intel Xeon Gold 6252N. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

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

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon Gold 6252N and Intel Core i9-10900KF 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
    - left arrow 100 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    150 W left arrow 125 W
  • TDP down
    - left arrow 95 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon Gold 6252N and Intel Core i9-10900KF, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Cascade Lake left arrow Comet Lake S
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
  • L3-Cache
    35.75 MB left arrow 20 MB
  • Release date
    Q2/2019 left arrow Q2/2020
  • Socket
    LGA 3647 left arrow LGA 1200
  • 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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