Xeon Gold 6342 vs Platinum 8163

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8163 and Xeon Gold 6342 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated139
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Platinumno data
Power efficiencyno data12.26
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2019)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8163 and Xeon Gold 6342 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 cores24 (Tetracosa-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads4848
Base clock speedno data2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed2.5 GHz3.5 GHz
Multiplier25no data
L1 cache1.5 MB64K (per core)
L2 cache24 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache33 MB36 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data81 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8163 and Xeon Gold 6342 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 PFCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)no data230 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8163 and Xeon Gold 6342. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX++
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8163 and Xeon Gold 6342 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8163 and Xeon Gold 6342 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8163 and Xeon Gold 6342. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size768 GB6 TB
Max memory channels68
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8163 and Xeon Gold 6342.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes4864

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm

Xeon Gold 6342 has a 40% more advanced lithography process.

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