Xeon Silver 4210T vs Gold 6234

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6234 and Xeon Silver 4210T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	688	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	6.47	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	no data
Power efficiency	8.14	no data
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	no data
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	1 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,214	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6234 and Xeon Silver 4210T 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	8 (Octa-Core)	10 (Deca-Core)
Threads	16	20
Base clock speed	3.3 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	3.2 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	33	no data
L1 cache	512 KB	no data
L2 cache	8 MB	no data
L3 cache	24.75 MB	13.75 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	79 °C	91 °C
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6234 and Xeon Silver 4210T 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	4 (Multiprocessor)	no data
Socket	FCLGA3647	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6234 and Xeon Silver 4210T. 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	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	-
Deep Learning Boost	+	+

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6234 and Xeon Silver 4210T technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6234 and Xeon Silver 4210T 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 Silver 4210T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size	1 TB	1 TB
Max memory channels	6	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	140.8 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6234 and Xeon Silver 4210T.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	48

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 April 2019	1 January 2020
Physical cores	8	10
Threads	16	20
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	95 Watt

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