Intel Xeon Gold 6330N: specs and benchmarks
Aggregated performance score
It provides poor benchmark performance at 23.52% of a leader's which is Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.
Summary
Intel started Xeon Gold 6330N sales 1 April 2021. This is desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 28 cores and 56 threads, and is based on 10 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3400 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA4189 processor with a TDP of 165 Watt. It supports DDR4-2667 memory.
General info
Xeon Gold 6330N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance ranking | 188 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Value for money | 12.48 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Release date | 1 April 2021 (3 years ago) | |
| Current price | $3230 | of 17802 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
Value for money
Performance per price, higher is better.
Technical specs
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 28 (Octacosa-Core) | |
| Threads | 56 | |
| Base clock speed | 2.2 GHz | of 4.7 (Ryzen 9 7900X) |
| Boost clock speed | 3.4 GHz | of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L3 cache | 42 MB | of 768 (EPYC 7773X) |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Maximum core temperature | 86 °C | of 110 (Core Ultra 7 165H) |
| 64 bit support | - | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | |
| Unlocked multiplier | No |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Gold 6330N compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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.
| Socket | FCLGA4189 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 165 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6330N. 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 | |
| AES-NI | + | |
| Speed Shift | + | |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | |
| TSX | + | |
| Status | Launched |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | |
| EDB | + | |
| SGX | Yes with Intel® SPS |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-d | + | |
| VT-x | + | |
| EPT | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6330N's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2667 | |
| Maximum memory size | 6 TB | of 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3) |
| Max memory channels | 8 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| ECC memory support | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 4.0 | of 5 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
| PCI Express lanes | 64 | of 128 (EPYC 9654) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon Gold 6330N. Overall benchmark performance 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.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
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