Intel Xeon Gold 6328H Processor | 16 Cores 32 Threads 2.8GHz-4.3GHz | 22MB Cache 165W TDP 4-Socket Support for Enterprise Servers

Specifications

Engineer's Note

Engineer's Note: The Intel Xeon Gold 6328H pairs 16 cores / 32 threads with a 2.80 GHz base clock that boosts to 4.30 GHz on demand and 22 MB of on-die cache, making it a drop-in candidate for virtualization hosts running dozens of VMs. The 165 W thermal envelope keeps it inside standard server cooling budgets. Its FCLGA4189 socket means it slots into existing platforms without board redesign. Positioned as the workhorse tier of the Scalable family, balancing per-core speed and core density, it is built for sustained multi-user workloads.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. 48 PCIe lanes (PCIe 3.0): the lane budget drives expansion. NVMe SSDs, 25/100GbE NICs, and GPU accelerators each consume 8–16 lanes, and this processor keeps enough lanes free to build a storage-dense or GPU-accelerated node without a PCIe switch — saving cost and a hop of latency.
2. 22 MB of shared cache: a large last-level cache keeps hot working sets on-die, cutting memory round-trips for databases and compilers. Fewer main-memory accesses translate directly into lower average latency and better tail performance under load — often the difference you feel before any benchmark confirms it.
3. Memory platform on the Intel Xeon Gold 6328H: support for DDR4-2933, up to 1.12 TB of RAM, 6 memory channels. This is the headroom in-memory databases and dense VM farms need — capacity for growth, bandwidth for the data streams in between.
4. 2.80 GHz base / 4.30 GHz turbo: the frequency governor drops light threads onto boosted cores, so single-threaded paths (license checks, stored procedures, log processing) finish fast while background jobs keep the remaining cores saturated. The result is responsive interactive performance without sacrificing aggregate throughput.
5. 16 cores / 32 threads: hardware multi-threading lets each physical core run two instruction streams, so concurrent workloads — virtualization hosts running dozens of VMs — share the die without context-switch overhead. When you size licenses or plan VM placement, thread count is the number the scheduler actually sees.

Why These Specs Matter

For teams running virtualization hosts running dozens of VMs, the Intel Xeon Gold 6328H turns architectural decisions into predictable outcomes. Its 16-core layout sizes the node for expected concurrency, the 4.30 GHz turbo headroom keeps interactive paths responsive, and 1.12 TB of addressable memory gives the platform room to grow. Every unit passes functional testing before shipment, and our bulk-pricing desk keeps multi-socket refresh projects inside budget.

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