Xeon 6503P-B vs Gold 6442Y

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6442Y and Xeon 6503P-B processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	104	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	52.33	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Power efficiency	15.40	no data
Designer	Intel	Intel
Architecture codename	Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)	Granite Rapids (2024−2025)
Release date	10 January 2023 (2 years ago)	24 February 2025 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,065	$934

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6442Y and Xeon 6503P-B 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	24 (Tetracosa-Core)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	48	24
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	80K (per core)	112 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB (per core)	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	60 MB	48 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	Intel 7 nm	5 nm
Die size	no data	598 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	79 °C	85 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6442Y and Xeon 6503P-B 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	2
Socket	FCLGA4677	Intel BGA 4368
Power consumption (TDP)	225 Watt	110 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6442Y and Xeon 6503P-B. 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	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	+
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6442Y and Xeon 6503P-B technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
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 6442Y and Xeon 6503P-B are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6442Y and Xeon 6503P-B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR5-4800, 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 6442Y and Xeon 6503P-B.

PCIe version	5	5.0
PCI Express lanes	80	32

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	10 January 2023	24 February 2025
Physical cores	24	12
Threads	48	24
Power consumption (TDP)	225 Watt	110 Watt

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