Xeon Gold 6434 vs Platinum 8356H

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8356H and Xeon Gold 6434 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated440
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data14.19
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiencyno data7.59
Architecture codenameCooper Lake-SP (2021)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date6 April 2021 (3 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,607

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8356H and Xeon Gold 6434 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1616
Base clock speed3.9 GHz3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz4.1 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache35.75 MB (shared)22.5 MB
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data64 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8356H and Xeon Gold 6434 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 configuration82
SocketFCLGA4189FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)190 Watt195 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8356H and Xeon Gold 6434. 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+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8356H and Xeon Gold 6434 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8356H and Xeon Gold 6434 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8356H and Xeon Gold 6434. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 RDIMMDDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size1.12 TB4 TB
Max memory channels68
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8356H and Xeon Gold 6434.

PCIe version3.05
PCI Express lanes4880

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 April 2021 10 January 2023
Power consumption (TDP) 190 Watt 195 Watt

Xeon Platinum 8356H has 2.6% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6434, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.

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