Xeon Gold 6448Y: specs and benchmarks

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Xeon Gold 6448Y
2023
32 cores / 64 threads, 225 Watt
39.58

Xeon Gold 6448Y provides outstanding benchmark performance at 39.58% of a leader's which is a 96-core Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.

Summary

Intel started Xeon Gold 6448Y sales 10 January 2023 at a recommended price of $3,583. This is a Sapphire Rapids architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 32 cores and 64 threads, and is based on Intel 7 manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 4100 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA4677 processor with a TDP of 225 Watt and a maximum temperature of 79 °C. It supports DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400 memory.

Primary details

Xeon Gold 6448Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking77
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation26.53
Market segmentServer
Power efficiency16.01of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U)
Architecture codenameSapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,583of 17,906 (tray) (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads64
Base clock speed2.1 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed4.1 GHzof 50 MHz (i486DX-50)
L1 cache80K (per core)of 7475.2 KB (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache2 MB (per core)of 86016 KB (EPYC 9634)
L3 cache60 MBof 1179648 KB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nmof 0.18 µm (K6-2E+/350AUZ)
Maximum case temperature (TCase)79 °Cof 105 °C (Core i7-5950HQ)
64 bit support+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6448Y compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 configuration2of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketFCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)225 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6448Y. 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-512
AES-NI+
AVX+
vPro+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Speed Shift+
Turbo Boost Technology2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology+
TSX+
Deep Learning Boost+

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d+
VT-x+
EPT+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6448Y's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size4 TBof 6 TiB (EPYC 9124)
Max memory channels8of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
ECC memory support+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version5
PCI Express lanes80of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon Gold 6448Y. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon Gold 6448Y 39.58

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon Gold 6448Y 60449

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Xeon Gold 6448Y's performance relative to its closest rivals among server CPUs.


Xeon w7-2575X 101.59
EPYC 7552 101.39
Xeon Gold 6448Y 100
Xeon W-3375 97.73
Xeon W-3365 97.68

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Xeon Gold 6448Y is Xeon Platinum 8380, which is faster by 3% and higher by 8 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Xeon Gold 6448Y:

EPYC 7552 101.39
Xeon Gold 6448Y 100
EPYC 7443P 94.44
EPYC 7443 93.63

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