Intel Xeon Gold 5420+ vs Intel Xeon Gold 6144

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 5420+ and Intel Xeon Gold 6144 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 5420+

  • 20 more cores, run more applications at once: 28 vs 8
  • 40 more threads: 56 vs 16
  • Around 12% higher maximum core temperature: 84 vs 75°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • 5.3x more maximum memory size: 4 TB vs 768 GB
  • Around 23% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3031 vs 2461
  • 2.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 88735 vs 30209
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 28 vs 8
Number of threads 56 vs 16
Maximum core temperature 84 vs 75°C
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size 4 TB vs 768 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3031 vs 2461
PassMark - CPU mark 88735 vs 30209

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6144

  • Around 2% higher clock speed: 4.20 GHz vs 4.10 GHz
  • Around 37% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 205 Watt
Maximum frequency 4.20 GHz vs 4.10 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 205 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 5420+
CPU 2: Intel Xeon Gold 6144

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3031
2461
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
88735
30209
Name Intel Xeon Gold 5420+ Intel Xeon Gold 6144
PassMark - Single thread mark 3031 2461
PassMark - CPU mark 88735 30209
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 4818
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 30845

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 5420+ Intel Xeon Gold 6144

Essentials

Architecture codename Sapphire Rapids Skylake
Launch date 10 Jan 2023 Q3'17
Launch price (MSRP) $1848
Place in performance rating 67 54
Processor Number 5420+ 6144
Series 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
Vertical segment Server Server
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 2.00 GHz 3.50 GHz
L1 cache 80K (per core)
L2 cache 2MB (per core)
L3 cache 52.5 MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 84 75°C
Maximum frequency 4.10 GHz 4.20 GHz
Number of cores 28 8
Number of threads 56 16
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 3

Memory

Max memory channels 8 6
Maximum memory size 4 TB 768 GB
Supported memory types Up to DDR5 4400 MT/s 1DPC and 2DPC DDR4-2666
Supported memory frequency 2666 MHz

Compatibility

Package Size 77.5mm x 56.5mm 76.0mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA4677 FCLGA3647
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 205 Watt 150 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 80 48
PCI Express revision 5 3.0
Scalability 2S S4S

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)

Advanced Technologies

Instruction set extensions Intel AMX, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512 Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units 2 2
Speed Shift technology
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)