Who can explain me this? Xen Gold 6162 vs. Xeon Platinum 6162

[iuppiterZasya]

Hi,

I have a question about the 'Xeon Gold 6162 or Xeon Platinum 6162 -- 24 cores, 2.5ghz all-cores-turbo' CPU's:

Why do they have a gold and a platinum version with the same model number? And is it in essence a gold or platinum cpu? I have been trying to figure out why they are so undesirable..

 

[i386]

Where do you see platinum 6162?
The only link I can find is from cpuworld

 

[iuppiterZasya]

Hi,

Yes, when you put them in the server and read them, it also says Platinum. Also, it says platinum on the CPU's. I added a picture.

 

[name stolen]

There seem to be two references on the entire internet to Platinum 6162 - this thread, and that CPUWorld page, which uses Platinum 6162 once at the top of the page and then just Xeon 6162 everywhere else. All Intel documentation points to Platinums starting with an 8 or 9. Xeon Gold 6162 specs line up with what you posted. 1.9GHz base, so that's what would be printed on the proc.

Without jumping to conclusions, I'd lean toward a Platinum 6162 being misrepresented. Some might say fake.

 

[iuppiterZasya]

Hi,

Thanks for helping me out! It so weird though, because if you check the picture I added, you see the server reads them as platinum. Does it happen that people make these fakes?

 

[Rand__]

Have u run the CPU verification tool yet?

Intel® Processor Diagnostic Tool

This download record installs the Intel® Processor Diagnostic Tool release 4.1.9.41, which is compatible with multiprocessor systems.

www.intel.com

That should be able to tell you if it is a genuine CPU or has been tampered with

 

[RolloZ170]

I'd lean toward a Platinum 6162 being misrepresented. Some might say fake.

if the brand string is also "platinum 6162..." its not a fake printing.
indeed there is a platinum 6162 OEM only for some reason, mistake by intel or the OEM wants a cheap platinum, who knows...

 

[RolloZ170]

AFAIK these Plat.6162 come from cloudflare retired servers, you can buy them form re-it companies.

 

[chrgrose]

Anyone know if these Platinum 6162's have any issues slotting into Dell T7920/T7820 or Lenovo P920 towers? Or even Dell RX40 servers?

They are not the most performant scalable Xeons (apparently 1.9 base, 2.5 all core), but 24 cores and apparently they are currently being dumped for dirt cheap.

 

[michel333]

I am also curious about it. Will these CPU work with Dell servers?

 

[stns02]

Installed and tested these CPUs in Dell PowerEdge R740xD. Below is the video

 

[name stolen]

Cool, is that your voice? One request, and it's minor - when presenting Passmark results on screen, please use the graph presentation rather than the tachometer presentation. I've looked at those results so many times in my life, I can most easily compare at a glance from that screen.

 

[stns02]

Its not my voice, my kids edit my videos and use AI generated voice. I was thinking about using a graph but thought that no one would be interested in such details. I should have included Passmark results in both forms simple and graph. Thanks for your suggestion.

 

[reasonsandreasons]

Out of curiosity, does anyone know if these support Octane DIMMs? Could be an interesting option for playing around with those on the cheap.

 

[stns02]

Are you referring to Optane memory? None of our customers ordered any system with them. Below is the list of dell servers that support Optane memory.

Intel Optane Data Center Persistent Memory Module
Intel Optane Data Center Persistent Memory Module (DCPMM) is a new paradigm in computing which provides ultra fast storage class memory technology. The DCPMM resides in a standard memory slot, placing data close to the processor. Persistent memory (PMem) 100 servers is supported with the following Dell PowerEdge servers support DCPMM with Intel Xeon Scalable processor series (82xx, 62xx, 52xx) on VMware ESXi 8.0:

• PowerEdge R940
• PowerEdge R940xa
• PowerEdge R840
• PowerEdge R640
• PowerEdge Mx740c
• PowerEdge R740
• PowerEdge R740xd

Persistent memory (PMem) 200 servers is supported with the following Dell PowerEdge servers support DCPMM with Intel Xeon Scalable processor series (83xx, 63xx, 53xx) on VMware ESXi 8.0:

• PowerEdge R650
• PowerEdge R750
• PowerEdge R750xa
• PowerEdge Mx750c
• PowerEdge XR11
• PowerEdge XR12

 

[RolloZ170]

Out of curiosity, does anyone know if these support Octane DIMMs?

yes, no.
Platinum 6162 = Skylake 1st gen scalable...
PMEM Optane Persistant Memory supported with 2nd gen scalable and up.
1st gen Skylake = no PMEM support.

 

[reasonsandreasons]

Gotcha, thanks! Must have mixed up the AMD generation numbering scheme and the Intel one.

 

[wildpig1234]

will the xeon platinum 6162 work with supermicro X11 MB? would they be significantly faster than 6140?

Installed and tested these CPUs in Dell PowerEdge R740xD. Below is the video

This video shows only 42,000 cpu passmark score . I get 46,000 with dual 6140 . Is this 6162 really that slow? ;(

 

[MountainBofh]

Which supermicro motherboard model exactly?

 

[RolloZ170]

Is this 6162 really that slow? ;(

compare with a Dell EMC and same config. passmark is a overall machine bench not CPU only.