Xeon Gold 6338T vs Pentium D 840 EE

Primary details

Comparing Pentium D 840 EE and Xeon Gold 6338T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Server
Architecture codename	Smithfield (2005)	Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	May 2005 (19 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Current price	no data	$6534

Detailed specifications

Pentium D 840 EE 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads	4	48
Base clock speed	no data	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	3.4 GHz
L1 cache	28 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	36 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	90 nm	10 nm
Die size	206 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	87 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	87 °C
Number of transistors	169 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Pentium D 840 EE 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 configuration	2	2
Socket	775	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 840 EE and Xeon Gold 6338T. 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	no data	+
AVX	no data	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
TSX	no data	+
Status	no data	Launched

Security technologies

Pentium D 840 EE and Xeon Gold 6338T technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	no data	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium D 840 EE and Xeon Gold 6338T are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium D 840 EE and Xeon Gold 6338T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3	DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	no data	6 TB
Max memory channels	no data	8
ECC memory support	no data	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium D 840 EE and Xeon Gold 6338T.

PCIe version	no data	4.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	64

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	2	24
Threads	4	48
Chip lithography	90 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	165 Watt

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