Intel Xeon Gold 6234
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Intel Xeon Gold 6234 vs Intel Core i9-10980XE. Specifications

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Released
Q2/2019
Intel Xeon Gold 6234
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Q4/2019
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Intel Core i9-10980XE
Intel Core i9-10980XE

What's the best choice Intel Xeon Gold 6234 or Intel Core i9-10980XE? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

Intel Xeon Gold 6234 has a base frequency of 3.30 GHz. 8 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 130 W. Released in Q2/2019.

Intel Core i9-10980XE has a base frequency of 3.00 GHz. 18 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 165 W. Released in Q4/2019.

Differences

  • Higher clock speed

    Around 10% better clock speed

    3.30 GHz left arrow 3.00 GHz
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    130 W left arrow 165 W
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    30 left arrow place
  • More number of cores

    10 more cores

    18 left arrow 8
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 20 % higher specified turbo frequency

    4.80 GHz left arrow 4.00 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i9-10980XE CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    182 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    35 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    141 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    30 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    69 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    26 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    267 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    37 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    5 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    36 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Xeon Gold 6234 Intel Xeon Gold 6234
Intel Core i9-10980XE Intel Core i9-10980XE
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 left arrow Intel Core i 10000X
  • Family
    Intel Xeon Gold left arrow Intel Core i9
  • Generation
    2 left arrow 10
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    3.3 GHz left arrow 3 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    8 left arrow 18
  • CPU Threads
    16 left arrow 36
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    4 GHz left arrow 4.8 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
    3.7 GHz left arrow -
  • Turbo Frequency (18 Cores)
    - left arrow 4.3 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow None
  • GPU Turbo
    No turbo left arrow -
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i9-10980XE and Intel Xeon Gold 6234. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
  • Max. Memory
    - left arrow 256 GB
  • Memory channels
    6 left arrow 4
  • Memory type
    DDR4-2933 left arrow DDR4-2933
  • PCIe lanes
    48 left arrow 48
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 3.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon Gold 6234 and Intel Core i9-10980XE Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    - left arrow 86 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    130 W left arrow 165 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon Gold 6234 and Intel Core i9-10980XE, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Cascade Lake left arrow Cascade Lake
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
  • L3-Cache
    24.75 MB left arrow 24.75 MB
  • Release date
    Q2/2019 left arrow Q4/2019
  • Socket
    LGA 3647 left arrow LGA 2066
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

No comparable benchmark results are available yet. Specifications alone do not determine which model is faster.

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