Xeon E-2486 vs Gold 6334

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6334 and Xeon E-2486 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking555not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency7.77no data
Architecture codenameIce Lake-SP (2021)Raptor Lake-S (2023−2024)
Release date6 April 2021 (3 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$506

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6334 and Xeon E-2486 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads1612
Base clock speed3.6 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz5.6 GHz
Bus rateno data16 GT/s
L1 cache64K (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache18 MB (shared)18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography10 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data163 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)69 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6334 and Xeon E-2486 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 configuration21
SocketFCLGA4189FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6334 and Xeon E-2486. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.02
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX+-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6334 and Xeon E-2486 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
SGXYes with Intel® SPSno data
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6334 and Xeon E-2486 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6334 and Xeon E-2486. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-3200DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size6 TB128 GB
Max memory channels82
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 6334 and Xeon E-2486.

PCIe version4.05
PCI Express lanes6416

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 April 2021 14 December 2023
Physical cores 8 6
Threads 16 12
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 95 Watt

Xeon Gold 6334 has 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads.

Xeon E-2486, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 73.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 6334 and Xeon E-2486. We've got no test results to judge.


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