Xeon Gold 6444Y vs Platinum 8124M

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8124M and Xeon Gold 6444Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking372not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Platinumno data
Power efficiency6.78no data
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release dateno data10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,517

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8124M and Xeon Gold 6444Y 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 cores18 (Octadeca-Core)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads3632
Base clock speedno data3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier30no data
L1 cache1.125 MB80K (per core)
L2 cache18 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache24.75 MB45 MB
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data75 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8124M and Xeon Gold 6444Y 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 configuration8 (Multiprocessor)2
SocketSocket PFCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)240 Watt270 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8124M and Xeon Gold 6444Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX++
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8124M and Xeon Gold 6444Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8124M and Xeon Gold 6444Y are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8124M and Xeon Gold 6444Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size1,536 GB4 TB
Max memory channels68
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8124M and Xeon Gold 6444Y.

PCIe version3.05
PCI Express lanes4880

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 18 16
Threads 36 32
Power consumption (TDP) 240 Watt 270 Watt

Xeon Platinum 8124M has 12.5% more physical cores and 12.5% more threads, and 12.5% lower power consumption.

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