Xeon Silver 4416+ vs Gold 6342

Aggregate performance score

Xeon Gold 6342
2021
24 cores / 48 threads, 230 Watt
30.59
+2.4%
Xeon Silver 4416+
2023
20 cores / 40 threads, 165 Watt
29.88

Gold 6342 outperforms Silver 4416+ by a minimal 2% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6342 and Xeon Silver 4416+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking136147
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Architecture codenameIce Lake-SP (2021)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date6 April 2021 (3 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6342 and Xeon Silver 4416+ 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)20 (Icosa-Core)
Threads4840
Base clock speed2.8 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz3.9 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache36 MB (shared)37.5 MB
Chip lithography10 nm10 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)81 °C82 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6342 and Xeon Silver 4416+ 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 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6342 and Xeon Silver 4416+. 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+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX++
StatusLaunchedno data
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6342 and Xeon Silver 4416+ 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 Silver 4416+ 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 Silver 4416+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-3200DDR5-4000
Maximum memory size6 TBno data
Max memory channels8no data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6342 and Xeon Silver 4416+.

PCIe version4.05.0
PCI Express lanes6480

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. 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.

Xeon Gold 6342 30.59
+2.4%
Xeon Silver 4416+ 29.88

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.

Xeon Gold 6342 47320
+2.4%
Xeon Silver 4416+ 46208

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 30.59 29.88
Recency 6 April 2021 10 January 2023
Physical cores 24 20
Threads 48 40
Power consumption (TDP) 230 Watt 165 Watt

Xeon Gold 6342 has a 2.4% higher aggregate performance score, and 20% more physical cores and 20% more threads.

Xeon Silver 4416+, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 39.4% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Xeon Gold 6342 and Xeon Silver 4416+.


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