EPYC 9354P vs Xeon Gold 6338T
Primary details
Comparing Xeon Gold 6338T and EPYC 9354P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 37 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 14.46 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | no data | AMD EPYC |
| Power efficiency | no data | 16.30 |
| Architecture codename | Ice Lake-SP (2021) | Genoa (2022−2023) |
| Release date | 6 April 2021 (3 years ago) | 10 November 2022 (2 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $2,730 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon Gold 6338T and EPYC 9354P 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 | 24 (Tetracosa-Core) | 32 (Dotriaconta-Core) |
| Threads | 48 | 64 |
| Base clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 3.25 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.4 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 32.5 |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 36 MB (shared) | 256 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 5 nm, 6 nm |
| Die size | no data | 8x 72 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 87 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 52,560 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Gold 6338T and EPYC 9354P 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 | 1 |
| Socket | FCLGA4189 | SP5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 165 Watt | 280 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6338T and EPYC 9354P. 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 | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| 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 6338T and EPYC 9354P 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 6338T and EPYC 9354P 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 6338T and EPYC 9354P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-3200 | DDR5-4800 |
| Maximum memory size | 6 TB | 6 TiB |
| Max memory channels | 8 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 460.8 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6338T and EPYC 9354P.
| PCIe version | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 64 | 128 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 6 April 2021 | 10 November 2022 |
| Physical cores | 24 | 32 |
| Threads | 48 | 64 |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 165 Watt | 280 Watt |
Xeon Gold 6338T has 69.7% lower power consumption.
EPYC 9354P, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 6338T and EPYC 9354P. We've got no test results to judge.
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