Intel Xeon Gold 6421N

Benchmarks for the Intel Xeon Gold 6421N can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
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Intel Xeon Gold 6421N

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: FCLGA4677

Clockspeed: 1.8 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.6 GHz

Cores: 32 Threads: 64

Typical TDP: 185 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 32 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 32 x 48 KB
L2 Cache: 32 x 2048 KB
L3 Cache: 60 MB

Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 4.0 TB (Up to DDR5 4400 MT/s 1DPC and 2DPC, ECC Supported)

Other names: Intel Xeon Gold 6421N

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2023

CPUmark/$Price: 24.83

Overall Rank:
99th fastest in multithreading out of 4910 CPUs
538th fastest in single threading out of 4910 CPUs
78th fastest in out of 1044 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: $2,368.00 USD (2023-01-10)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

58797

Single Thread Rating

2978

Samples: 3*
*Margin for error: High

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Xeon Gold 6421N

Integer Math	222,952 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	158,478 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	306 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	100,629 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	49,370 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	813,972 KBytes/Sec
Physics	5,432 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	59,246 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	2,978 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of December 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Xeon Gold 6421N

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 17th of December 2024

Not Enough Data from Current Version of PerformanceTest to Create Distribution Graph.

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of December 2024.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Server CPUs
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX		62,485
Intel Xeon Gold 6421N		58,797
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		43,229
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		40,280
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		34,834
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3945WX		33,521
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz		28,044
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		17,668
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		14,280
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		10,412
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		9,326

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		883.86
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		73.82
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		43.55
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX		43.09
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		40.56
Intel Xeon Gold 6421N		24.83
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		7.31
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz		NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3945WX		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Xeon Gold 6421N		2,978
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3945WX		2,699
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		2,681
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX		2,657
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		2,123
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		2,051
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		1,950
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		1,793
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		1,327
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		1,323
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz		1,092

Last 3 Baselines for Intel Xeon Gold 6421N
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL5054801 - Jan 02 2024		55288
BL5046488 - Sep 20 2023		60541
BL5046085 - Sep 14 2023		60562

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon Gold 6421N
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon Gold 6421N		58,797
AMD EPYC 9334 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6421N		64,841 (+10.3%)
AMD EPYC 9254 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6421N		64,815 (+10.2%)
Intel Xeon w7-3465X vs Intel Xeon Gold 6421N		65,077 (+10.7%)
Intel Xeon w7-2495X vs Intel Xeon Gold 6421N		58,228 (-1.0%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6414U vs Intel Xeon Gold 6421N		57,200 (-2.7%)
AMD EPYC 9174F vs Intel Xeon Gold 6421N		55,485 (-5.6%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX vs Intel Xeon Gold 6421N		66,534 (+13.2%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5420+ vs Intel Xeon Gold 6421N		58,209 (-1.0%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y vs Intel Xeon Gold 6421N		57,986 (-1.4%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6423N vs Intel Xeon Gold 6421N		57,434 (-2.3%)
Intel Xeon w7-2475X vs Intel Xeon Gold 6421N		54,769 (-6.9%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8360Y @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon Gold 6421N		54,078 (-8.0%)

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