Xeon Platinum 8460Y vs Silver 4309Y

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4309Y and Xeon Platinum 8460Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking642not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency10.91no data
Architecture codenameIce Lake-SP (2021)no data
Release date6 April 2021 (3 years ago)1 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4309Y and Xeon Platinum 8460Y 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)40 (Tetraconta-Core)
Threads1680
Base clock speed2.8 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz3.7 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache1 MB (per core)no data
L3 cache12 MB (shared)105 MB
Chip lithography10 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data76 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)76 °Cno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4309Y and Xeon Platinum 8460Y 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 configuration2no data
SocketFCLGA4189FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt300 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4309Y and Xeon Platinum 8460Y. 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+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4309Y and Xeon Platinum 8460Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXYes with Intel® SPSYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4309Y and Xeon Platinum 8460Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4309Y and Xeon Platinum 8460Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2667DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size6 TB4 TB
Max memory channels88
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4309Y and Xeon Platinum 8460Y.

PCIe version4.05.0
PCI Express lanes6480

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 April 2021 1 January 2023
Physical cores 8 40
Threads 16 80
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 300 Watt

Xeon Silver 4309Y has 185.7% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8460Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 400% more physical cores and 400% more threads.

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