Xeon Platinum 8380 vs Gold 6252N

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6252N and Xeon Platinum 8380 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated70
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Power efficiencyno data13.75
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$4,259no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6252N and Xeon Platinum 8380 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 cores24 (Tetracosa-Core)40 (Tetraconta-Core)
Threads4880
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier23no data
L1 cache1.5 MB64K (per core)
L2 cache24 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache35.75 MB60 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature74 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data83 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6252N and Xeon Platinum 8380 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 configuration4 (Multiprocessor)2
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt270 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6252N and Xeon Platinum 8380. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6252N and Xeon Platinum 8380 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6252N and Xeon Platinum 8380 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6252N and Xeon Platinum 8380. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size1 TB6 TB
Max memory channels68
Maximum memory bandwidth140.8 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6252N and Xeon Platinum 8380.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes4864

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2019 6 April 2021
Physical cores 24 40
Threads 48 80
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 270 Watt

Xeon Gold 6252N has 80% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8380, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, 66.7% more physical cores and 66.7% more threads, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 6252N and Xeon Platinum 8380. We've got no test results to judge.


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