Xeon Silver 4106H vs Gold 6230N

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6230N and Xeon Silver 4106H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	no data
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	no data
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	1 July 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,046	no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6230N and Xeon Silver 4106H 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)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	40	16
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	3 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	23	no data
L1 cache	1.25 MB	no data
L2 cache	20 MB	no data
L3 cache	27.5 MB	11 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	78 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6230N and Xeon Silver 4106H 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)	no data
Socket	FCLGA3647	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6230N and Xeon Silver 4106H. 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	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6230N and Xeon Silver 4106H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6230N and Xeon Silver 4106H are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6230N and Xeon Silver 4106H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size	1 TB	768 GB
Max memory channels	6	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	140.8 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6230N and Xeon Silver 4106H.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	48

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 April 2019	1 July 2018
Physical cores	20	8
Threads	40	16
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	85 Watt

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