Xeon Gold 6338T vs Atom Z540

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Primary details

Comparing Atom Z540 and Xeon Gold 6338T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3185not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesIntel Atomno data
Power efficiency8.68no data
Architecture codenameSilverthorne (2008−2010)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date2 April 2008 (16 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$160no data

Detailed specifications

Atom Z540 and Xeon Gold 6338T basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores1 (Single-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads248
Base clock speed1.86 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed0.07 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus typeFSBno data
Bus rate533.33 MT/sno data
Multiplier14no data
L1 cache56 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB36 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm10 nm
Die size24.18 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data87 °C
Number of transistors47 Millionno data
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range0.75 -1.1Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z540 and Xeon Gold 6338T compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)2
SocketPBGA441FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)2.4 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z540 and Xeon Gold 6338T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching+no data
FSB parity-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Atom Z540 and Xeon Gold 6338T technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom Z540 and Xeon Gold 6338T are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z540 and Xeon Gold 6338T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-3200
Maximum memory sizeno data6 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom Z540 and Xeon Gold 6338T.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data64

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2008 6 April 2021
Physical cores 1 24
Threads 2 48
Chip lithography 45 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 2 Watt 165 Watt

Atom Z540 has 8150% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6338T, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, 2300% more physical cores and 2300% more threads, and a 350% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Atom Z540 and Xeon Gold 6338T. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Atom Z540 is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 6338T is a server/workstation one.


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