Xeon Gold 6530 vs Platinum 8170

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8170 and Xeon Gold 6530 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated59
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data56.60
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Platinumno data
Power efficiencyno data14.46
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date25 April 2017 (7 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$7,405$2,128

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8170 and Xeon Gold 6530 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 cores26 (Hexacosa-Core)32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads5264
Base clock speed2.1 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz4 GHz
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache1.625 MB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache26 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache35.75 MB160 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data2x 763 mm2
Maximum core temperature89 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data74 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8170 and Xeon Gold 6530 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
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt270 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8170 and Xeon Gold 6530. 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++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8170 and Xeon Gold 6530 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8170 and Xeon Gold 6530 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8170 and Xeon Gold 6530. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR5 @ 4800 MT/s (1 DPC)
Maximum memory size768 GB4 TB
Max memory channels68
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/sno data
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 Platinum 8170 and Xeon Gold 6530.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes4880

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 April 2017 14 December 2023
Physical cores 26 32
Threads 52 64
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 270 Watt

Xeon Platinum 8170 has 63.6% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6530, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, and 23.1% more physical cores and 23.1% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Platinum 8170 and Xeon Gold 6530. We've got no test results to judge.


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