Xeon Gold 6421N: specs and benchmarks

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Xeon Gold 6421N
2023
32 cores / 64 threads, 185 Watt
37.02

Xeon Gold 6421N provides outstanding benchmark performance at 37.02% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

Intel started Xeon Gold 6421N sales 10 January 2023 at a recommended price of $2,368. This is a Sapphire Rapids architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 32 cores and 64 threads, and is based on Intel 7 manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3600 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA4677 processor with a TDP of 185 Watt and a maximum temperature of 85 °C. It supports DDR5-4400 memory.

Primary details

Xeon Gold 6421N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking90
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation44.63
Market segmentServer
Power efficiency18.94of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme)
Architecture codenameSapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,368of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads64
Base clock speed1.8 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed3.6 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache80K (per core)of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache2 MB (per core)of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache60 MBof 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Maximum case temperature (TCase)85 °Cof 105 °C (Core i7-5950HQ)
64 bit support+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6421N compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 configuration1of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketFCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)185 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6421N. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI+
AVX+
vPro+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Speed Shift+
Turbo Boost Technology2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology+
TSX+
Deep Learning Boost+

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+
EDB+
SGXYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d+
VT-x+
EPT+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6421N's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-4400
Maximum memory size4 TBof 6 TiB (EPYC 9124)
Max memory channels8of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
ECC memory support+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version5
PCI Express lanes80of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon Gold 6421N. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon Gold 6421N 37.02

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon Gold 6421N 58797

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Xeon Gold 6421N's performance relative to its closest rivals among server CPUs.


Xeon W-3375 100.49
Xeon W-3365 100.41
Xeon Gold 6421N 100

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Xeon Gold 6421N is Xeon Platinum 8380, which is faster by 6% and higher by 19 positions in our ranking.

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