EPYC 9384X vs Xeon Gold 6426Y

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6426Y and EPYC 9384X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking207not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation43.16no data
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency12.29no data
Architecture codenameSapphire Rapids (2023−2024)Genoa-X (2023)
Release date10 January 2023 (1 year ago)13 June 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,517$5,529

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6426Y and EPYC 9384X 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads3264
Base clock speed2.5 GHz3.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.1 GHz3.9 GHz
L1 cache80K (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache37.5 MB768 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nm5 nm
Die sizeno data8x 72 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)80 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data90,160 million
64 bit support++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6426Y and EPYC 9384X 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
SocketFCLGA4677SP5
Power consumption (TDP)185 Watt320 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6426Y and EPYC 9384X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6426Y and EPYC 9384X technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6426Y and EPYC 9384X 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 6426Y and EPYC 9384X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-4800, DDR5-4400DDR5
Maximum memory size4 TBno data
Max memory channels8no data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6426Y and EPYC 9384X.

PCIe version55.0
PCI Express lanes80128

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 January 2023 13 June 2023
Physical cores 16 32
Threads 32 64
Power consumption (TDP) 185 Watt 320 Watt

Xeon Gold 6426Y has 73% lower power consumption.

EPYC 9384X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 months, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

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