Xeon Platinum 8260 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6434

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8260

Intel Xeon Gold 6434

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon Platinum 8260 with 24 cores 2.4GHz and Intel Xeon Gold 6434 with 8 cores 3.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon Platinum 8260 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (35.75MB vs 22.5MB)

Lower TDP (165W vs 195W)

Intel Xeon Gold 6434 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 1 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 4)

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 2.4GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Xeon Platinum 8260

1169

Intel Xeon Gold 6434 +82%

2135

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Xeon Platinum 8260

8928

Intel Xeon Gold 6434 +45%

12948

Xeon Platinum 8260

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Intel Xeon Gold 6434

General Parameters

Dec 2018

Release Date

Jan 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Cascade Lake-SP

Core Architecture

Sapphire Rapids

Intel Socket 3647

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Platinum(Cascade Lake-SP)

Generation

Xeon Gold (Sapphire Rapids-SP)

Package

8 billions

Transistor Count

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

165 W

Power Consumption

195 W

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Peak Operating Temperature

64 °C

Intel

Foundry

Intel

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.1 GHz

24

Total Core Count

8

48

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

24.0

Multiplier

37.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

35.75 MB shared

L3 Cache

22.5 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

8

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

-

Max Memory Size

4 TB

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

80

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