Intel Xeon Silver 4514Y vs Intel Xeon Gold 6230

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4514Y and Intel Xeon Gold 6230 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 4514Y

Intel Xeon Gold 6230

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4514Y

CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 8 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 14 nm
Around 60% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 9% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2253 vs 2159
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 49035 vs 44140

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 Dec 2023 vs 2 April 2019
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 14 nm
L2 cache	2 MB (per core) vs 20 MB
L3 cache	30 MB (shared) vs 27.5 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2253 vs 2159
PassMark - CPU mark	49035 vs 44140

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6230

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 20 vs 16
8 more threads: 40 vs 32
Around 15% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 150 Watt

Number of cores	20 vs 16
Number of threads	40 vs 32
Maximum frequency	3.90 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4514Y
CPU 2: Intel Xeon Gold 6230

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2253

2159

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

49035

44140

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4514Y	Intel Xeon Gold 6230
PassMark - Single thread mark	2253	2159
PassMark - CPU mark	49035	44140

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4514Y	Intel Xeon Gold 6230
Essentials
Launch date	14 Dec 2023	2 April 2019
Launch price (MSRP)	$780	$1894, $1900
Place in performance rating	570	676
Architecture codename		Cascade Lake
Family		Xeon Gold
Processor Number		6230
Series		6200
Vertical segment		Server
Performance
Base frequency	2000 MHz	2.10 GHz
Die size	2x 763 mm²
L1 cache	80 KB (per core)	1.25 MB
L2 cache	2 MB (per core)	20 MB
L3 cache	30 MB (shared)	27.5 MB
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	14 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	79°C	87 °C
Maximum core temperature	90°C
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz	3.90 GHz
Number of cores	16	20
Number of threads	32	40
Unlocked
64 bit support
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)	150 Watt	125 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® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
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
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)