Xeon Gold 6534 vs Platinum 8351N

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8351N and Xeon Gold 6534 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Architecture codenameIce Lake-SP (2021)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date6 April 2021 (3 years ago)14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,816

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8351N and Xeon Gold 6534 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 cores368 (Octa-Core)
Threads7216
Base clock speed2.4 GHz3.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz4.2 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache54 MB (shared)22.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography10 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data2x 763 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)76 °C64 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8351N and Xeon Gold 6534 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
SocketFCLGA4189FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt195 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8351N and Xeon Gold 6534. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8351N and Xeon Gold 6534 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXYes with Intel® SPSYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8351N and Xeon Gold 6534 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8351N and Xeon Gold 6534. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size6 TB4 TB
Max memory channels88
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8351N and Xeon Gold 6534.

PCIe version4.05.0
PCI Express lanes6480

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 April 2021 14 December 2023
Physical cores 36 8
Threads 72 16
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 195 Watt

Xeon Platinum 8351N has 350% more physical cores and 350% more threads.

Xeon Gold 6534, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 15.4% lower power consumption.

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