Xeon Gold 6438Y+ vs Gold 6342

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6342 and Xeon Gold 6438Y+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking123not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation11.69no data
Market segmentServerServer
Architecture codenameIce Lake-SP (2021)Sapphire Rapids
Release date6 April 2021 (3 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Current price$4256 $3648

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6342 and Xeon Gold 6438Y+ 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 cores24 (Tetracosa-Core)32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads4864
Base clock speed2.8 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz4 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache36 MB (shared)60 MB
Chip lithography10 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature81 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)81 °C85 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6342 and Xeon Gold 6438Y+ 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 configuration22
SocketFCLGA41894677
Power consumption (TDP)230 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6342 and Xeon Gold 6438Y+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX++
StatusLaunchedno data

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6342 and Xeon Gold 6438Y+ technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB+no data
SGXYes with Intel® SPSno data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6342 and Xeon Gold 6438Y+ are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6342 and Xeon Gold 6438Y+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-3200DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size6 TBno data
Max memory channels8no data
ECC memory support+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6342 and Xeon Gold 6438Y+.

PCIe version4.05.0
PCI Express lanes6480

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 April 2021 10 January 2023
Physical cores 24 32
Threads 48 64
Power consumption (TDP) 230 Watt 205 Watt

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