Intel Xeon Gold 5317 vs Gold 6234

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Combined performance score

Xeon Gold 6234
11.56

Gold 5317 outperforms Gold 6234 by 54% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Xeon Gold 6234 and Xeon Gold 5317 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking596302
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money8.8129.36
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date2 April 2019 (4 years old)6 April 2021 (2 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,214no data
Current price$1231 (0.6x MSRP)$930
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 5317 has 233% better value for money than Xeon Gold 6234.

Technical specs

Xeon Gold 6234 and Xeon Gold 5317 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads1624
Base clock speed3.3 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz3.6 GHz
Bus support4 × 8 GT/sno data
L1 cache512 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache8 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache24.75 MB18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature79 °C84 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data84 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6234 and Xeon Gold 5317 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 configuration4 (Multiprocessor)2
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6234 and Xeon Gold 5317. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
StatusLaunchedLaunched

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6234 and Xeon Gold 5317 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6234 and Xeon Gold 5317 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6234 and Xeon Gold 5317. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size1 TB6 TB
Max memory channels68
Maximum memory bandwidth140.8 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6234 and Xeon Gold 5317.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes4864

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.

Xeon Gold 6234 11.56
Xeon Gold 5317 17.83
+54.2%

Gold 5317 outperforms Gold 6234 by 54% in our combined benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Xeon Gold 6234 17752
Xeon Gold 5317 27387
+54.3%

Gold 5317 outperforms Gold 6234 by 54% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 11.56 17.83
Recency 2 April 2019 6 April 2021
Physical cores 8 12
Threads 16 24
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 150 Watt

The Xeon Gold 5317 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Gold 6234 in performance tests.


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