EPYC 8324PN vs Xeon Gold 6430

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	187	1458
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	15.10	1.55
Market segment	Server	Server
Power efficiency	4.74	1.55
Designer	Intel	AMD
Manufacturer	Intel	TSMC
Architecture codename	Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)	Siena (2023−2024)
Release date	10 January 2023 (3 years ago)	18 September 2023 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,138	$2,125

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 6430 has 874% better value for money than EPYC 8324PN.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6430 and EPYC 8324PN 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	32 (Dotriaconta-Core)	32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads	64	64
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.05 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	3 GHz
L1 cache	80K (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	60 MB	128 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	Intel 7 nm	5 nm
Die size	4x 477 mm2	4x 73 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	72 °C	85 °C
Number of transistors	no data	35,500 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6430 and EPYC 8324PN 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	FCLGA4677	SP6
Power consumption (TDP)	270 Watt	130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6430 and EPYC 8324PN. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AMX, 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 6430 and EPYC 8324PN technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
SGX	Yes with Intel® SPS	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6430 and EPYC 8324PN 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 6430 and EPYC 8324PN. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR5-4400	DDR5
Maximum memory size	4 TB	no data
Max memory channels	8	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6430 and EPYC 8324PN.

PCIe version	5.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	80	96

Synthetic benchmarks

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	30.32	4.79
Recency	10 January 2023	18 September 2023
Power consumption (TDP)	270 Watt	130 Watt