Ryzen 5 230 vs Xeon Gold 6330N
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 6330N outperforms Ryzen 5 230 by an impressive 85% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Xeon Gold 6330N and Ryzen 5 230 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 239 | 657 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Power efficiency | 13.07 | 41.66 |
| Architecture codename | no data | Hawk Point (2024−2025) |
| Release date | 1 April 2021 (3 years ago) | 6 January 2025 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Xeon Gold 6330N and Ryzen 5 230 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 | 28 (Octacosa-Core) | 6 (Hexa-Core) |
| Threads | 56 | 12 |
| Base clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.4 GHz | 4.9 GHz |
| L1 cache | no data | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | no data | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 42 MB | 16 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 4 nm |
| Die size | no data | 178 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 86 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 25,000 million |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Gold 6330N and Ryzen 5 230 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 | no data | 1 |
| Socket | FCLGA4189 | FP8 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 165 Watt | 28 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6330N and Ryzen 5 230. 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 | - | + |
| Speed Shift | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| TSX | + | - |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
| Deep Learning Boost | + | - |
Security technologies
Xeon Gold 6330N and Ryzen 5 230 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
| SGX | Yes with Intel® SPS | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6330N and Ryzen 5 230 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6330N and Ryzen 5 230. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2667 | DDR5 |
| Maximum memory size | 6 TB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 8 | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon 760M |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6330N and Ryzen 5 230.
| PCIe version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 64 | 20 |
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.
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 | 22.70 | 12.28 |
| Recency | 1 April 2021 | 6 January 2025 |
| Physical cores | 28 | 6 |
| Threads | 56 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 165 Watt | 28 Watt |
Xeon Gold 6330N has a 84.9% higher aggregate performance score, and 366.7% more physical cores and 366.7% more threads.
Ryzen 5 230, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 150% more advanced lithography process, and 489.3% lower power consumption.
The Xeon Gold 6330N is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 230 in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon Gold 6330N is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 230 is a notebook one.
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