Intel Xeon Gold 5420 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8558

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Intel Xeon Gold 5420+

Intel Xeon Platinum 8558

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Gold 5420 with 28 cores 2GHz and Intel Xeon Platinum 8558 with 48 cores 2.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon Gold 5420 's Advantages

Lower TDP (205W vs 330W)

Intel Xeon Platinum 8558 's Advantages

Released 11 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 4400)

Higher base frequency (2.1GHz vs 2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (260MB vs 52.5MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 10nm)

Score

Intel Xeon Gold 5420

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8558

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

Dec 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Sapphire Rapids

Core Architecture

Emerald Rapids

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Gold (Sapphire Rapids-SP)

Generation

Xeon Platinum (Emerald Rapids-SP)

Package

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

205 W

Power Consumption

330 W

84 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

98 °C

Intel

Foundry

Intel

-

Die Size

4x477 mm²

CPU Performance

2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.0 GHz

28

Total Core Count

48

56

Total Thread Count

96

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

20.0

Multiplier

21

80 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

52.5 MB

L3 Cache

260 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4400

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

-

Max Memory Size

4 TB

8

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

5

PCIe Version

5

80

PCIe Lanes

80

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