Xeon Silver 4106H vs Gold 6312U

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6312U and Xeon Silver 4106H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	181	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Power efficiency	13.57	no data
Architecture codename	Ice Lake-SP (2021)	no data
Release date	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)	1 July 2018 (6 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6312U 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	24 (Tetracosa-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	48	16
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	3 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	no data
L3 cache	36 MB (shared)	11 MB
Chip lithography	10 nm	14 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	80 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6312U 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	1	no data
Socket	FCLGA4189	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	185 Watt	85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6312U 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	+	+
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6312U and Xeon Silver 4106H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
SGX	Yes with Intel® SPS	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6312U 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 6312U and Xeon Silver 4106H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-3200	DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size	6 TB	768 GB
Max memory channels	8	6
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6312U and Xeon Silver 4106H.

PCIe version	4.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	64	48

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	6 April 2021	1 July 2018
Physical cores	24	8
Threads	48	16
Chip lithography	10 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	185 Watt	85 Watt

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