Intel Xeon Platinum 8160T vs Intel Pentium Gold G6400T

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8160T CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
Intel Xeon Platinum 8160T Intel Pentium Gold G6400T

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon Platinum 8160T or Intel Pentium Gold G6400T - 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 Platinum 8160T has 24 cores with 48 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 Platinum 8160T was released in Q3/2017.

The Intel Pentium Gold G6400T has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold G6400T was released in Q2/2020.
Intel Xeon Platinum (89) Family Intel Pentium (150)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8100 (16) CPU group Intel Pentium G6000 (12)
1 Generation 10
Skylake Architecture Comet Lake S
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor Intel Pentium Gold G5400T
-- Successor Intel Pentium Gold G7400T

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8160T is a 24 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.10 GHz (3.70 GHz). The Intel Pentium Gold G6400T has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.40 GHz.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8160T Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
24 Cores 2
48 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.10 GHz Frequency 3.40 GHz
3.70 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
2.60 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8160T Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

no iGPU GPU Intel HD Graphics 610
GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.05 GHz
-- GPU Generation 9.5
Technology 14 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 12
-- Shader 96
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
-- DirectX Version 12

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 Intel HD Graphics 610
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8160T supports a maximum of 768 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold G6400T can connect up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8160T Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
DDR4-2666 Memory DDR4-2666
768 GB Max. Memory 128 GB
6 (Hexa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
128.1 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 42.7 GB/s
Yes ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
33.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
48 PCIe lanes 16
47.3 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Xeon Platinum 8160T has a TDP of 150 W, that of the Intel Pentium Gold G6400T is 35 W.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8160T Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
150 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 35 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 25 W
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8160T has a 33.00 MB cache, while the Intel Pentium Gold G6400T cache has a total of 4.00 MB.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8160T Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
14 nm Technology 14 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 SSE4.1, SSE4.2
LGA 3647 Socket LGA 1200
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2017 Release date Q2/2020
4900 $ Release price 77 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon Platinum 8160T (100%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6400T (89%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon Platinum 8160T (100%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6400T (10%)

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 Platinum 8160T Intel Xeon Platinum 8160T
24C 48T @ 3.70 GHz
161 (100%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6400T Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
143 (89%)

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 Platinum 8160T Intel Xeon Platinum 8160T
24C 48T @ 2.60 GHz
3444 (100%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6400T Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
355 (10%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon Platinum 8160T Intel Xeon Platinum 8160T
24C 48T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6400T Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
871 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon Platinum 8160T Intel Xeon Platinum 8160T
24C 48T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6400T Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1821 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Xeon Platinum 8160T Intel Xeon Platinum 8160T
24C 48T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6400T Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
734 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Xeon Platinum 8160T Intel Xeon Platinum 8160T
24C 48T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6400T Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1515 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 Platinum 8160T Intel Xeon Platinum 8160T
24C 48T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6400T Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
356 (100%)

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 Platinum 8160T Intel Xeon Platinum 8160T
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6400T Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
Intel HD Graphics 610 @ 1.05 GHz
202 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Xeon Platinum 8160T Intel Xeon Platinum 8160T
24C 48T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6400T Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
3592 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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