Xeon Gold 6354 vs Platinum 8354H

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8354H and Xeon Gold 6354 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	184
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Power efficiency	no data	12.05
Architecture codename	Cooper Lake-SP (2021)	Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8354H and Xeon Gold 6354 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	18 (Octadeca-Core)	18 (Octadeca-Core)
Threads	36	36
Base clock speed	3.1 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.3 GHz	3.6 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	24.75 MB (shared)	39 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	77 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8354H and Xeon Gold 6354 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	8	2
Socket	FCLGA4189	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	205 Watt	205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8354H and Xeon Gold 6354. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Deep Learning Boost	+	+

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8354H and Xeon Gold 6354 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8354H and Xeon Gold 6354 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8354H and Xeon Gold 6354. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 RDIMM	DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	1.12 TB	6 TB
Max memory channels	6	8
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8354H and Xeon Gold 6354.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	48	64

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography

14 nm

10 nm

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