Xeon Gold 6330 vs Platinum 8276

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8276 and Xeon Gold 6330 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated181
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Platinumno data
Power efficiencyno data12.52
Architecture codenameCascade Lake-SP (2018)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date11 December 2018 (6 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$8,719no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8276 and Xeon Gold 6330 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 cores28 (Octacosa-Core)28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads5656
Base clock speed2.2 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz3.1 GHz
Multiplier22no data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache38.5 MB (shared)42 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature89 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data86 °C
Number of transistors8,000 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8276 and Xeon Gold 6330 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
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8276 and Xeon Gold 6330. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.2, 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 8276 and Xeon Gold 6330 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8276 and Xeon Gold 6330 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8276 and Xeon Gold 6330. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size1 TB6 TB
Max memory channels68
Maximum memory bandwidth140.8 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/Ano data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8276 and Xeon Gold 6330.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes4864

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 December 2018 6 April 2021
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 205 Watt

Xeon Platinum 8276 has 24.2% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6330, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

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