Intel Xeon Silver 4416+ vs Intel Xeon Gold 6430

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4416+ and Intel Xeon Gold 6430 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.

Intel Xeon Silver 4416+

Intel Xeon Gold 6430

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4416+

Around 15% higher clock speed: 3.9 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
Around 64% lower typical power consumption: 165 Watt vs 270 Watt
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2862 vs 2509

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.9 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt vs 270 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2862 vs 2509

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6430

12 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 20
24 more threads: 64 vs 40
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 10 nm
1700393.5x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 81760 vs 67971

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	32 vs 20
Number of threads	64 vs 40
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 10 nm
L3 cache	60 MB vs 37.5MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	81760 vs 67971

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4416+
CPU 2: Intel Xeon Gold 6430

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2862

2509

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

67971

81760

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4416+	Intel Xeon Gold 6430
PassMark - Single thread mark	2862	2509
PassMark - CPU mark	67971	81760

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4416+	Intel Xeon Gold 6430
Essentials
Launch date	10 Jan 2023	Q1'23
Launch price (MSRP)	$1186	$2128
Place in performance rating	183	180
Architecture codename		Sapphire Rapids
Processor Number		6430
Series		4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
Vertical segment		Server
Performance
Base frequency	2000 MHz	2.10 GHz
L1 cache	80K (per core)
L2 cache	2MB (per core)
L3 cache	37.5MB	60 MB
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	7 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	82°C
Maximum frequency	3.9 GHz	3.40 GHz
Number of cores	20	32
Number of threads	40	64
Unlocked
Maximum core temperature		72°C
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR5-4000 MHz, Eight-channel	DDR5-4400
Max memory channels		8
Maximum memory size		6 TB
Supported memory frequency		4400 MHz
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2
Sockets supported	4677	FCLGA4677
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	270 Watt
Package Size		77.5mm x 56.5mm
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 5, 80 Lanes, (CPU only)
Max number of PCIe lanes		80
PCI Express revision		5.0
Scalability		2S
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
Advanced Technologies
Instruction set extensions		Intel AMX, 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
Speed Shift technology
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)