Ultra 9 185H vs Xeon Gold 6403N

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6403N and Core Ultra 9 185H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated335
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Meteor Lake-H
Power efficiencyno data38.90
Architecture codenameno dataMeteor Lake-H (2023)
Release date1 July 2023 (1 year ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$640

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6403N and Core Ultra 9 185H 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)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Performance-coresno data6
Efficient-coresno data8
Low Power Efficient-coresno data2
Threads4822
Base clock speed1.9 GHz3.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz5.1 GHz
L1 cacheno data112 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data2 MB (per core)
L3 cache45 MB24 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nmIntel 4 nm
Maximum core temperature85 °C110 °C
64 bit support-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6403N and Core Ultra 9 185H 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 configurationno data1
SocketFCLGA4677FCBGA2049
Power consumption (TDP)185 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6403N and Core Ultra 9 185H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
SIPP-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
Deep Learning Boost++
Supported AI Software Frameworks-OpenVINO™, WindowsML, ONNX RT

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6403N and Core Ultra 9 185H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
SGXYes with Intel® SPSno data
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6403N and Core Ultra 9 185H are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6403N and Core Ultra 9 185H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-4000DDR5
Maximum memory size4 TB96 GB
Max memory channels82
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® Arc™ graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data2.35 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon Gold 6403N and Core Ultra 9 185H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon Gold 6403N and Core Ultra 9 185H integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz (HDMI 2.1 TMDS) 7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz (HDMI2.1 FRL)
Max resolution over eDPno data3840x2400 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon Gold 6403N and Core Ultra 9 185H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.2
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6403N and Core Ultra 9 185H.

PCIe version45.0
PCI Express lanes648
PCI supportno data5.0 and 4.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 July 2023 14 December 2023
Physical cores 24 16
Threads 48 22
Power consumption (TDP) 185 Watt 45 Watt

Xeon Gold 6403N has 50% more physical cores and 118.2% more threads.

Ultra 9 185H, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 months, and 311.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 6403N and Core Ultra 9 185H. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Gold 6403N is a server/workstation processor while Core Ultra 9 185H is a notebook one.


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