Xeon Platinum 8593Q vs Gold 6326

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6326 and Xeon Platinum 8593Q processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking234not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency11.36no data
Architecture codenameIce Lake-SP (2021)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date6 April 2021 (3 years ago)14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$12,400

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6326 and Xeon Platinum 8593Q 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)
Threads32128
Base clock speed2.9 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz3.9 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache24 MB (shared)320 MB (shared)
Chip lithography10 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data2x 763 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)78 °C60 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6326 and Xeon Platinum 8593Q 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 configuration22
SocketFCLGA4189FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)185 Watt385 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6326 and Xeon Platinum 8593Q. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® AMX, Intel® 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++
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6326 and Xeon Platinum 8593Q technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXYes with Intel® SPSYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6326 and Xeon Platinum 8593Q are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6326 and Xeon Platinum 8593Q. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-3200DDR5 @ 5600 MT/s (1 DPC)
Maximum memory size6 TB4 TB
Max memory channels88
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6326 and Xeon Platinum 8593Q.

PCIe version4.05.0
PCI Express lanes6480

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 April 2021 14 December 2023
Physical cores 16 64
Threads 32 128
Power consumption (TDP) 185 Watt 385 Watt

Xeon Gold 6326 has 108.1% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8593Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

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