Xeon Gold 6130H vs Gold 5317
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 6130H outperforms Xeon Gold 5317 by a significant 29% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Xeon Gold 5317 and Xeon Gold 6130H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 370 | 235 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Power efficiency | 10.88 | 16.89 |
| Architecture codename | Ice Lake-SP (2021) | no data |
| Release date | 6 April 2021 (3 years ago) | 1 July 2018 (6 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Xeon Gold 5317 and Xeon Gold 6130H 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 cores | 12 (Dodeca-Core) | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) |
| Threads | 24 | 32 |
| Base clock speed | 3 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | no data |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | no data |
| L3 cache | 18 MB (shared) | 22 MB |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 14 nm |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 84 °C | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Gold 5317 and Xeon Gold 6130H 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 configuration | 2 | no data |
| Socket | FCLGA4189 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 125 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5317 and Xeon Gold 6130H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | - |
| vPro | + | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Speed Shift | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | + |
| TSX | + | + |
| Deep Learning Boost | + | - |
Security technologies
Xeon Gold 5317 and Xeon Gold 6130H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| SGX | Yes with Intel® SPS | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5317 and Xeon Gold 6130H are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5317 and Xeon Gold 6130H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2933 | DDR4-2666 |
| Maximum memory size | 6 TB | 768 GB |
| Max memory channels | 8 | 6 |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5317 and Xeon Gold 6130H.
| PCIe version | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 64 | 48 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 17.24 | 22.31 |
| Recency | 6 April 2021 | 1 July 2018 |
| Physical cores | 12 | 16 |
| Threads | 24 | 32 |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 125 Watt |
Xeon Gold 5317 has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.
Xeon Gold 6130H, on the other hand, has a 29.4% higher aggregate performance score, 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads, and 20% lower power consumption.
The Xeon Gold 6130H is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Gold 5317 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Gold 5317 and Xeon Gold 6130H, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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