Xeon Platinum 8592 vs Gold 6438Y

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6438Y and Xeon Platinum 8592 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Release date1 January 2023 (1 year ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6438Y 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 cores32 (Dotriaconta-Core)64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)
Threads64128
Base clock speed2 GHz1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz3.9 GHz
L3 cache60 MB320 MB
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature76 °C81 °C
64 bit support--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6438Y 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.

SocketFCLGA4677FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)205 Watt350 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6438Y 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++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6438Y 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 6438Y 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 6438Y 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 6438Y and Xeon Platinum 8592.

PCIe version55.0
PCI Express lanes8080

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2023 1 October 2023
Physical cores 32 64
Threads 64 128
Power consumption (TDP) 205 Watt 350 Watt

Xeon Gold 6438Y has 70.7% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8592, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 months, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

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