Xeon Gold 6538N vs Platinum 8462Y+

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8462Y+ and Xeon Gold 6538N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated165
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data21.85
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiencyno data13.04
Architecture codenameSapphire Rapids (2023−2024)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date10 January 2023 (1 year ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$5,945$3,351

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8462Y+ and Xeon Gold 6538N 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 cores32 (Dotriaconta-Core)32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads6464
Base clock speed2.8 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.1 GHz4.1 GHz
L1 cache80K (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache60 MB60 MB (shared)
Chip lithography10 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size4x 477 mm22x 763 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)81 °C85 °C
64 bit support++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8462Y+ and Xeon Gold 6538N 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 configuration22
Socket4677FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8462Y+ and Xeon Gold 6538N. 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++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX++
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8462Y+ and Xeon Gold 6538N 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 8462Y+ and Xeon Gold 6538N are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8462Y+ and Xeon Gold 6538N. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-4800DDR5-5200
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
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 8462Y+ and Xeon Gold 6538N.

PCIe version5.05.0
PCI Express lanes8080

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 January 2023 14 December 2023
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 205 Watt

Xeon Gold 6538N has an age advantage of 11 months, and 46.3% lower power consumption.

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