Xeon D-2896NT vs Gold 5420+

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5420+ and Xeon D-2896NT processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking93not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation58.72no data
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency16.92no data
Architecture codenameSapphire Rapids (2023−2024)no data
Release date10 January 2023 (1 year ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,848no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5420+ and Xeon D-2896NT 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 cores28 (Octacosa-Core)20 (Icosa-Core)
Threads5640
Base clock speed2 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed4.1 GHz3.2 GHz
L1 cache80K (per core)no data
L2 cache2 MB (per core)no data
L3 cache52.5 MB30 MB
Chip lithography10 nmno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)84 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5420+ and Xeon D-2896NT 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 configuration2no data
Socket4677FCBGA2579
Power consumption (TDP)205 Watt117 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5420+ and Xeon D-2896NT. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
QuickAssistno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX+-
Thermal Monitoring-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5420+ and Xeon D-2896NT technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5420+ and Xeon D-2896NT are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5420+ and Xeon D-2896NT. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-4400DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data1 TB
Max memory channelsno data4
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5420+ and Xeon D-2896NT.

PCIe version5.04.0
PCI Express lanes8032
USB revisionno data3.0
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data24
Number of USB portsno data4
Integrated LANno data+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 January 2023 1 October 2023
Physical cores 28 20
Threads 56 40
Power consumption (TDP) 205 Watt 117 Watt

Xeon Gold 5420+ has 40% more physical cores and 40% more threads.

Xeon D-2896NT, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 months, and 75.2% lower power consumption.

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