Xeon Gold 6238R vs EPYC 9754

Primary details

Comparing EPYC 9754 and Xeon Gold 6238R processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	10	189
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.53	20.45
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	no data	Intel Xeon Gold
Architecture codename	Bergamo	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	13 June 2023 (1 year ago)	24 February 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$2,612
Current price	$7724	$1786 (0.7x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 6238R has 351% better value for money than EPYC 9754.

Detailed specifications

EPYC 9754 and Xeon Gold 6238R 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 cores	128	28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads	256	56
Base clock speed	2.25 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.1 GHz	4 GHz
Bus support	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	1.75 MB
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	28 MB
L3 cache	256 MB (shared)	38.5 MB
Chip lithography	5 nm	14 nm
Die size	8x 73 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	89 °C
Number of transistors	71,000 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 9754 and Xeon Gold 6238R 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 configuration	2	no data
Socket	SP5	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	360 Watt	165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 9754 and Xeon Gold 6238R. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
TSX	no data	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
Status	no data	Launched

Security technologies

EPYC 9754 and Xeon Gold 6238R technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 9754 and Xeon Gold 6238R are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	no data
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by EPYC 9754 and Xeon Gold 6238R. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR5	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	no data	1 TB
Max memory channels	no data	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support	no data	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 9754 and Xeon Gold 6238R.

PCIe version	5.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	128	48

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

EPYC 9754 outperforms Xeon Gold 6238R by 161% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	63.25	24.25
Recency	13 June 2023	24 February 2020
Physical cores	128	28
Threads	256	56
Chip lithography	5 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	360 Watt	165 Watt

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