Xeon Silver 4509Y vs Gold 5120

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Silver 4509Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	652	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	16.41	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	no data
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	Sapphire Rapids
Release date	11 July 2017 (7 years ago)	14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,555	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Silver 4509Y 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	14 (Tetradeca-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	28	16
Base clock speed	no data	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.2 GHz	4.1 GHz
L1 cache	896 KB	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	14 MB	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	19.25 MB	22.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Maximum core temperature	81 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	84 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Silver 4509Y 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	4 (Multiprocessor)	2
Socket	Socket P	4677
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Silver 4509Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
TSX	+	+

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Silver 4509Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

+

+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Silver 4509Y are enumerated here.

VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Silver 4509Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR5
Maximum memory size	768 GB	no data
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	115.212 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and Xeon Silver 4509Y.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	48	80

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	11 July 2017	14 December 2023
Physical cores	14	8
Threads	28	16
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	125 Watt

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