Xeon Gold 6334 vs Phi 3120A

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Phi 3120A and Xeon Gold 6334 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated544
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiencyno data7.77
Architecture codenameKnights Corner (2012−2014)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date17 June 2013 (11 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Phi 3120A and Xeon Gold 6334 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 cores57 (Heptapentaconta-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads22816
Base clock speedno data3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed1.1 GHz3.7 GHz
L1 cache32 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB (shared)18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography22 nm10 nm
Die size350 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data69 °C
Number of transistors5,000 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Phi 3120A and Xeon Gold 6334 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 configuration12
SocketPCIe x16FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Phi 3120A and Xeon Gold 6334. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon Phi 3120A and Xeon Gold 6334 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Phi 3120A and Xeon Gold 6334 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Phi 3120A and Xeon Gold 6334. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR4-3200
Maximum memory sizeno data6 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Phi 3120A and Xeon Gold 6334.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data64

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 June 2013 6 April 2021
Physical cores 57 8
Threads 228 16
Chip lithography 22 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 165 Watt

Xeon Phi 3120A has 612.5% more physical cores and 1325% more threads.

Xeon Gold 6334, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, a 120% more advanced lithography process, and 81.8% lower power consumption.

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