Xeon Gold 6558Q vs Silver 4416+

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4416+ and Xeon Gold 6558Q processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking151not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation72.41no data
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency16.68no data
Architecture codenameSapphire Rapids (2023−2024)no data
Release date10 January 2023 (1 year ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,186no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4416+ and Xeon Gold 6558Q 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 cores20 (Icosa-Core)32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads4064
Base clock speed2 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz4.1 GHz
L1 cache80K (per core)no data
L2 cache2 MB (per core)no data
L3 cache37.5 MB60 MB
Chip lithography10 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data66 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)82 °Cno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4416+ and Xeon Gold 6558Q 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 configuration2no data
Socket4677FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt350 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4416+ and Xeon Gold 6558Q. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX++
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4416+ and Xeon Gold 6558Q technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4416+ and Xeon Gold 6558Q are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4416+ and Xeon Gold 6558Q. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-4000DDR5-5200
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4416+ and Xeon Gold 6558Q.

PCIe version5.05.0
PCI Express lanes8080

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 January 2023 1 October 2023
Physical cores 20 32
Threads 40 64
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 350 Watt

Xeon Silver 4416+ has 112.1% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6558Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 months, and 60% more physical cores and 60% more threads.

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