Xeon Gold 6346 vs E7-4830

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E7-4830
2011
8 cores / 16 threads, 105 Watt
13.06
Xeon Gold 6346
2021
16 cores / 32 threads, 205 Watt
24.61
+88.4%

Xeon Gold 6346 outperforms Xeon E7-4830 by an impressive 88% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-4830 and Xeon Gold 6346 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking602209
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.27no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E7no data
Power efficiency11.3410.95
Architecture codenameWestmere (2010−2011)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date5 April 2011 (13 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,059no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-4830 and Xeon Gold 6346 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)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads1632
Base clock speed2.13 GHz3.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz3.6 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate6.4 GT/sno data
Multiplier16no data
L1 cache512 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache24 MB36 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm10 nm
Die size513 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature64 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data78 °C
Number of transistors2600 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-4830 and Xeon Gold 6346 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 configuration4 (Multiprocessor)2
SocketLGA1567FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-4830 and Xeon Gold 6346. 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 Technology1.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Thermal Monitoring+-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E7-4830 and Xeon Gold 6346 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E7-4830 and Xeon Gold 6346 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E7-4830 and Xeon Gold 6346. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-800, DDR3-978, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, Speed-1066DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size2 TB6 TB
Max memory channels48
Maximum memory bandwidth34.113 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7-4830 and Xeon Gold 6346.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data64

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


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.

Xeon E7-4830 13.06
Xeon Gold 6346 24.61
+88.4%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon E7-4830 19981
Xeon Gold 6346 37665
+88.5%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 13.06 24.61
Recency 5 April 2011 6 April 2021
Physical cores 8 16
Threads 16 32
Chip lithography 32 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 205 Watt

Xeon E7-4830 has 95.2% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6346, on the other hand, has a 88.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 220% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon Gold 6346 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E7-4830 in performance tests.


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