Xeon Platinum 8558 vs Gold 5320H

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5320H and Xeon Platinum 8558 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking285not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency12.60no data
Architecture codenameCooper Lake-SP (2021)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date6 April 2021 (3 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$4,650

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5320H and Xeon Platinum 8558 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 cores20 (Icosa-Core)48 (Octatetraconta-Core)
Threads4096
Base clock speed2.4 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz4 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache27.5 MB (shared)260 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data2x 763 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data78 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5320H and Xeon Platinum 8558 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 configuration42
SocketFCLGA4189FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt330 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5320H and Xeon Platinum 8558. 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 Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5320H and Xeon Platinum 8558 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 5320H and Xeon Platinum 8558 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5320H and Xeon Platinum 8558. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 RDIMMDDR5 @ 5200 MT/s (1 DPC)
Maximum memory size1.12 TB4 TB
Max memory channels68
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 5320H and Xeon Platinum 8558.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes4880

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 April 2021 14 December 2023
Physical cores 20 48
Threads 40 96
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 330 Watt

Xeon Gold 5320H has 120% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8558, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 140% more physical cores and 140% more threads.

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