Intel Xeon Gold 6348 vs Intel Xeon Silver 4316. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Xeon Gold Intel Xeon Silver
• Generation
  3 3
• CPU group
  Intel Xeon Gold 5300/6300 Intel Xeon Silver 4300
• Predecessor
  -- No
• Successor
  -- No

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  2.60 GHz 2.30 GHz
• CPU Cores
  28 20
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.50 GHz 3.40 GHz
• CPU Threads
  56 40
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes, SMT
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon Silver 4316 and Intel Xeon Gold 6348. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200 DDR4-2666
• Max. Memory
  6144 GB 6144 GB
• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Memory channels
  8 8

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon Gold 6348 and Intel Xeon Silver 4316 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  235 W 150 W
• TDP up
  -- No
• TDP (PL2)
  -- No
• TDP down
  -- No
• Tjunction max.
  -- 105 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon Gold 6348 and Intel Xeon Gold 6348, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
• L2-Cache
  -- No
• L3-Cache
  42.00 MB 30.00 MB
• Architecture
  Ice Lake Ice Lake
• Technology
  10 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  LGA 4189 LGA 4189
• Release date
  Q2/2021 Q2/2021