Xeon Gold 6336Y vs Bronze 3104

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Bronze 3104 and Xeon Gold 6336Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1595	138
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	7.24	25.58
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Bronze	no data
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	11 July 2017 (6 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$213	no data
Current price	$118 (0.6x MSRP)	$2195

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 6336Y has 253% better value for money than Xeon Bronze 3104.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Bronze 3104 and Xeon Gold 6336Y 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads	6	48
Base clock speed	1.7 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.7 GHz	3.6 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	6 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	8.25 MB	36 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Maximum core temperature	78 °C	80 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	80 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Bronze 3104 and Xeon Gold 6336Y 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 (Multiprocessor)	2
Socket	FCLGA3647	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	185 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Bronze 3104 and Xeon Gold 6336Y. 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
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	+	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	Launched

Security technologies

Xeon Bronze 3104 and Xeon Gold 6336Y 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 Bronze 3104 and Xeon Gold 6336Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Bronze 3104 and Xeon Gold 6336Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2133	DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	768 GB	6 TB
Max memory channels	6	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	102.403 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Bronze 3104 and Xeon Gold 6336Y.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	48	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 6336Y outperforms Bronze 3104 by 929% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	2.86	29.43
Recency	11 July 2017	6 April 2021
Physical cores	6	24
Threads	6	48
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	185 Watt

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