Xeon Gold 6534 vs Gold 5222

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5222 and Xeon Gold 6534 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1093not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.09no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Power efficiency5.38no data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,221$2,816

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5222 and Xeon Gold 6534 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads816
Base clock speed3.8 GHz3.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz4.2 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier38no data
L1 cache256 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache4 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache16.5 MB22.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data2x 763 mm2
Maximum core temperature72 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data64 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5222 and Xeon Gold 6534 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
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt195 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5222 and Xeon Gold 6534. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5222 and Xeon Gold 6534 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5222 and Xeon Gold 6534 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5222 and Xeon Gold 6534. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size1 TB4 TB
Max memory channels68
Maximum memory bandwidth140.8 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5222 and Xeon Gold 6534.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes4880

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2019 14 December 2023
Physical cores 4 8
Threads 8 16
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 195 Watt

Xeon Gold 5222 has 85.7% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6534, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

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