Xeon Gold 6336Y vs Gold 5318N

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5318N and Xeon Gold 6336Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	160
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Power efficiency	no data	14.66
Architecture codename	Ice Lake-SP (2021)	Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5318N 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	24 (Tetracosa-Core)	24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads	48	48
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	3.6 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	36 MB (shared)	36 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	10 nm	10 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	83 °C	80 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5318N 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	2
Socket	FCLGA4189	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	185 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5318N 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	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Deep Learning Boost	+	+

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5318N and Xeon Gold 6336Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
SGX	Yes with Intel® SPS	Yes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5318N 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 Gold 5318N and Xeon Gold 6336Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2667	DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	6 TB	6 TB
Max memory channels	8	8
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5318N and Xeon Gold 6336Y.

PCIe version	4.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	64	64

Pros & cons summary

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Power consumption (TDP)

150 Watt

185 Watt

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