EPYC 9124 vs Xeon Gold 6230

Place in the ranking	376	173
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	13.70	21.22
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	AMD EPYC
Power efficiency	12.90	13.10
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Genoa (2022−2023)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	10 November 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,894	$1,083

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

EPYC 9124 has 55% better value for money than Xeon Gold 6230.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6230 and EPYC 9124 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	20 (Icosa-Core)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	40	32
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.9 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	21	30
L1 cache	1.25 MB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	20 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	27.5 MB	64 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	5 nm, 6 nm
Die size	no data	4x 72 mm²
Maximum core temperature	87 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	26,280 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6230 and EPYC 9124 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	FCLGA3647	SP5
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	200 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6230 and EPYC 9124. 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	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6230 and EPYC 9124 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6230 and EPYC 9124 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6230 and EPYC 9124. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size	1 TB	6 TiB
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	140.8 GB/s	460.8 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6230 and EPYC 9124.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	48	128

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon Gold 6230 17.04

EPYC 9124 27.68
+62.4%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon Gold 6230 27069

EPYC 9124 43963
+62.4%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Xeon Gold 6230 960

EPYC 9124 1832
+90.8%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Xeon Gold 6230 8116

EPYC 9124 13428
+65.5%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	17.04	27.68
Recency	2 April 2019	10 November 2022
Physical cores	20	16
Threads	40	32
Chip lithography	14 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	200 Watt

Xeon Gold 6230 has 25% more physical cores and 25% more threads, and 60% lower power consumption.

EPYC 9124, on the other hand, has a 62.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

The EPYC 9124 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Gold 6230 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Gold 6230 and EPYC 9124, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.