Xeon Gold 6314U vs Silver 4309Y

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4309Y and Xeon Gold 6314U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	582	118
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	7.64	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Architecture codename	Ice Lake-SP (2021)	Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Current price	$2293	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4309Y and Xeon Gold 6314U 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	8 (Octa-Core)	32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads	16	64
Base clock speed	2.8 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	3.4 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	12 MB (shared)	48 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	10 nm	10 nm
Maximum core temperature	76 °C	81 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	76 °C	81 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4309Y and Xeon Gold 6314U 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	2	1
Socket	FCLGA4189	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4309Y and Xeon Gold 6314U. 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	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Status	Launched	Launched

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4309Y and Xeon Gold 6314U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
SGX	Yes with Intel® SPS	Yes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4309Y and Xeon Gold 6314U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4309Y and Xeon Gold 6314U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2667	DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	6 TB	6 TB
Max memory channels	8	8
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4309Y and Xeon Gold 6314U.

PCIe version	4.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	64	64

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

Gold 6314U outperforms Silver 4309Y by 151% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	12.35	31.04
Physical cores	8	32
Threads	16	64
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	205 Watt

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