Intel Xeon Gold 6148F vs Intel Atom Z2460

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Intel Xeon Gold 6148F CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Atom Z2460
Intel Xeon Gold 6148F Intel Atom Z2460

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon Gold 6148F or Intel Atom Z2460 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Xeon Gold 6148F has 20 cores with 40 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. Up to 768 GB of memory is supported in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6148F was released in Q3/2017.

The Intel Atom Z2460 has 1 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 2 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Atom Z2460 was released in Q2/2012.
Intel Xeon Gold (163) Family Intel Atom (108)
Intel Xeon Gold 5100/6100 (34) CPU group Intel Atom Z2400/Z2600 (2)
1 Generation 3
Skylake Architecture Penwell
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Gold 6148F has 20 CPU cores and can calculate 40 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Gold 6148F is 2.40 GHz (3.70 GHz) while the Intel Atom Z2460 has 1 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Atom Z2460 is at 1.60 GHz.

Intel Xeon Gold 6148F Characteristic Intel Atom Z2460
20 Cores 1
40 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.40 GHz Frequency 1.60 GHz
3.70 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
3.00 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Xeon Gold 6148F Characteristic Intel Atom Z2460
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Xeon Gold 6148F or Intel Atom Z2460 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

no iGPU GPU PowerVR SGX540
GPU frequency 0.40 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) --
-- GPU Generation --
Technology 45nm
Max. displays 1
-- Compute units 1
-- Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
-- DirectX Version 10.1

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

no iGPU GPU PowerVR SGX540
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 No
No Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon Gold 6148F can use up to 768 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 128.1 GB/s. The Intel Atom Z2460 supports up to 2 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 6.4 GB/s.

Intel Xeon Gold 6148F Characteristic Intel Atom Z2460
DDR4-2666 Memory LPDDR2-800
768 GB Max. Memory 2 GB
6 (Hexa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
128.1 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 6.4 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache 0.50 MB
28.00 MB L3 Cache --
3.0 PCIe version --
48 PCIe lanes --
47.3 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Xeon Gold 6148F is 160 W, while the Intel Atom Z2460 has a TDP of 3 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Xeon Gold 6148F Characteristic Intel Atom Z2460
160 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 3 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 90 °C

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Gold 6148F is manufactured in 14 nm and has 28.00 MB cache. The Intel Atom Z2460 is manufactured in 32 nm and has a 0.50 MB cache.

Intel Xeon Gold 6148F Characteristic Intel Atom Z2460
14 nm Technology 32 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions MMX, SSE3, SSSE3
LGA 3647 Socket BGA 617
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems
Q3/2017 Release date Q2/2012
3100 $ Release price --
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Xeon Gold 6148F Intel Xeon Gold 6148F
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Atom Z2460 Intel Atom Z2460
PowerVR SGX540 @ 0.40 GHz
6 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon Gold 6148F Intel Xeon Gold 6148F
20C 40T @ 3.70 GHz
161 (100%)
Intel Atom Z2460 Intel Atom Z2460
1C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon Gold 6148F Intel Xeon Gold 6148F
20C 40T @ 3.00 GHz
3310 (100%)
Intel Atom Z2460 Intel Atom Z2460
1C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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