Xeon Gold 6430 vs EPYC 9684X

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Primary details

Comparing EPYC 9684X and Xeon Gold 6430 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking5not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency17.99no data
Architecture codenameGenoa-X (2023)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date13 June 2023 (1 year ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$14,756$2,138

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

EPYC 9684X and Xeon Gold 6430 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores9632 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads19264
Base clock speed2.55 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.4 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache1152 MB (shared)60 MB
Chip lithography5 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size12x 72 mm24x 477 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors135,240 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 9684X and Xeon Gold 6430 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration22
SocketSP5FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)400 Watt270 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 9684X and Xeon Gold 6430. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Precision Boost 2+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

EPYC 9684X and Xeon Gold 6430 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 9684X and Xeon Gold 6430 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by EPYC 9684X and Xeon Gold 6430. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR5-4400
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/Ano data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 9684X and Xeon Gold 6430.

PCIe version5.05.0
PCI Express lanes12880

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 June 2023 10 January 2023
Physical cores 96 32
Threads 192 64
Power consumption (TDP) 400 Watt 270 Watt

EPYC 9684X has an age advantage of 5 months, and 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

Xeon Gold 6430, on the other hand, has 48.1% lower power consumption.

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