Xeon Platinum 8592 vs Gold 6434

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6434 and Xeon Platinum 8592 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking440not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation14.19no data
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency7.59no data
Architecture codenameSapphire Rapids (2023−2024)no data
Release date10 January 2023 (1 year ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,607no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6434 and Xeon Platinum 8592 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)
Threads16128
Base clock speed3.7 GHz1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed4.1 GHz3.9 GHz
L1 cache80K (per core)no data
L2 cache2 MB (per core)no data
L3 cache22.5 MB320 MB
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data81 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)64 °Cno data
64 bit support+-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6434 and Xeon Platinum 8592 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 configuration2no data
SocketFCLGA4677FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)195 Watt350 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6434 and Xeon Platinum 8592. 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-512Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6434 and Xeon Platinum 8592 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXYes with Intel® SPSYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6434 and Xeon Platinum 8592 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6434 and Xeon Platinum 8592. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-4800, DDR5-4400DDR5 @ 5600 MT/s (1 DPC)
Maximum memory size4 TB4 TB
Max memory channels88
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6434 and Xeon Platinum 8592.

PCIe version55.0
PCI Express lanes8080

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 January 2023 1 October 2023
Physical cores 8 64
Threads 16 128
Power consumption (TDP) 195 Watt 350 Watt

Xeon Gold 6434 has 79.5% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8592, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 months, and 700% more physical cores and 700% more threads.

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