Xeon Platinum 8376H vs Pentium Gold G6400

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold G6400 and Xeon Platinum 8376H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1720not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency4.24no data
Architecture codenameComet Lake (2020)Cooper Lake-SP (2021)
Release date30 April 2020 (4 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold G6400 and Xeon Platinum 8376H 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 cores2 (Dual-core)28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads456
Base clock speed4 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz4.3 GHz
Bus rate8 GT/sno data
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)38.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold G6400 and Xeon Platinum 8376H 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 configuration18
SocketFCLGA1200FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)58 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold G6400 and Xeon Platinum 8376H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Pentium Gold G6400 and Xeon Platinum 8376H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
Identity Protection+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold G6400 and Xeon Platinum 8376H are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold G6400 and Xeon Platinum 8376H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4 RDIMM
Maximum memory size128 GB1.12 TB
Max memory channels26
Maximum memory bandwidth41.6 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 610no data
Max video memory64 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.05 GHzno data
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold G6400 and Xeon Platinum 8376H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold G6400 and Xeon Platinum 8376H integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2160@30Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold G6400 and Xeon Platinum 8376H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold G6400 and Xeon Platinum 8376H.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1648

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 April 2020 6 April 2021
Physical cores 2 28
Threads 4 56
Power consumption (TDP) 58 Watt 205 Watt

Pentium Gold G6400 has 253.4% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8376H, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 months, and 1300% more physical cores and 1300% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Pentium Gold G6400 and Xeon Platinum 8376H. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium Gold G6400 is a desktop processor while Xeon Platinum 8376H is a server/workstation one.


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