Intel Xeon Gold 6421N vs Intel Xeon E 2124

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We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Gold 6421N with 32 cores 1.8GHz and Intel Xeon E 2124 with 4 cores 3.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon Gold 6421N 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-4400 vs DDR4)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (60MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)

Intel Xeon E 2124 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.4GHz vs 1.8GHz)

Lower TDP (72W vs 185W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon Gold 6421N +47%

2104

Intel Xeon E 2124

1426

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon Gold 6421N +199%

12541

Intel Xeon E 2124

4184

Intel Xeon Gold 6421N

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Intel Xeon E 2124

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

May 2018

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Sapphire Rapids

Core Architecture

Coffee Lake-S

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

Intel Socket 1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Gold (Sapphire Rapids-SP)

Generation

Xeon E (Coffee Lake)

Package

-

Transistor Count

1.4 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

Intel Socket 1151

185 W

Power Consumption

72 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

Intel

-

Die Size

126 mm²

FC-LGA16A

Package

FC-LGA14C

CPU Performance

1.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.4 GHz

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.5 GHz

32

Total Core Count

4

64

Total Thread Count

4

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

18.0

Multiplier

34.0

80 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

60 MB

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

1

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4400

Memory Types

DDR4

8

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

5

PCIe Version

3

80

PCIe Lanes

16

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