Intel Xeon Silver 4509Y vs Intel Xeon Gold 6254

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4509Y and Intel Xeon Gold 6254 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 4509Y

Intel Xeon Gold 6254

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4509Y

CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 2% higher clock speed: 4.1 GHz vs 4.00 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 14 nm
Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 200 Watt
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2774 vs 2349

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 Dec 2023 vs 2 Apr 2019
Maximum frequency	4.1 GHz vs 4.00 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt vs 200 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2774 vs 2349

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6254

10 more cores, run more applications at once: 18 vs 8
20 more threads: 36 vs 16
Around 80% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 13% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 10% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 54569 vs 41561

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	18 vs 8
Number of threads	36 vs 16
L1 cache	1.125 MB vs 80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	18 MB vs 2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	24.75 MB vs 22.5 MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	54569 vs 41561

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4509Y
CPU 2: Intel Xeon Gold 6254

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2774

2349

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

41561

54569

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4509Y	Intel Xeon Gold 6254
PassMark - Single thread mark	2774	2349
PassMark - CPU mark	41561	54569

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4509Y	Intel Xeon Gold 6254
Essentials
Launch date	14 Dec 2023	2 Apr 2019
Launch price (MSRP)	$563	$3803
Place in performance rating	391	399
Architecture codename		Cascade Lake
Vertical segment		Server
Performance
Base frequency	2.6 GHz	3.10 GHz
L1 cache	80 KB (per core)	1.125 MB
L2 cache	2 MB (per core)	18 MB
L3 cache	22.5 MB (shared)	24.75 MB
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	14 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	84°C	82 °C
Maximum core temperature	100°C
Maximum frequency	4.1 GHz	4.00 GHz
Number of cores	8	18
Number of threads	16	36
Unlocked
Bus Speed		4 × 8 GT/s
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links		3
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR5	DDR4-2933
Max memory channels		6
Maximum memory bandwidth		131.13 GB/s
Maximum memory size		1 TB
Supported memory frequency		2933 MHz
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2
Sockets supported	4677	FCLGA3647
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt	200 Watt
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 5, 80 Lanes, (CPU only)
Max number of PCIe lanes		48
PCI Express revision		3.0
Scalability		4S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions		Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units		2
Speed Shift technology
Turbo Boost Max 3.0
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)