Intel Xeon Platinum 8358 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6128

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Platinum 8358 and Intel Xeon Gold 6128 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 Platinum 8358

  • 26 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 6
  • 52 more threads: 64 vs 12
  • Around 9% higher maximum core temperature: 81°C vs 74°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 14 nm
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 6 TB vs 768 GB
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2355 vs 2147
  • 3.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 83116 vs 22630
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 32 vs 6
Number of threads 64 vs 12
Maximum core temperature 81°C vs 74°C
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size 6 TB vs 768 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2355 vs 2147
PassMark - CPU mark 83116 vs 22630

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6128

  • Around 9% higher clock speed: 3.70 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
  • 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum frequency 3.70 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Platinum 8358
CPU 2: Intel Xeon Gold 6128

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2355
2147
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
83116
22630
Name Intel Xeon Platinum 8358 Intel Xeon Gold 6128
PassMark - Single thread mark 2355 2147
PassMark - CPU mark 83116 22630
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 4516
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 22261

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Platinum 8358 Intel Xeon Gold 6128

Essentials

Architecture codename Ice Lake Skylake
Launch date 6 Apr 2021 Q3'17
Launch price (MSRP) $3950
Place in performance rating 164 156
Processor Number 8358 6128
Series 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
Status Launched Launched
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

Base frequency 2.60 GHz 3.40 GHz
L1 cache 2 MB
L2 cache 32 MB
L3 cache 48 MB
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 81°C 74°C
Maximum frequency 3.40 GHz 3.70 GHz
Number of cores 32 6
Number of threads 64 12
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 3 3

Memory

Max memory channels 8 6
Maximum memory size 6 TB 768 GB
Supported memory frequency 3200 MHz 2666 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4-2666

Compatibility

Package Size 77.5mm x 56.5mm 76.0mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA4189 FCLGA3647
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt 115 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 64 48
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
Scalability 2S S4S

Security & Reliability

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

Advanced Technologies

Instruction set extensions 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
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units 2 2
Speed Shift technology
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
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)