Xeon Gold 6338 vs Pentium SU2700
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 6338 outperforms Pentium SU2700 by a whopping 16200% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3585 | 287 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | Intel Pentium | no data |
| Power efficiency | 1.50 | 11.94 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | Intel | no data |
| Architecture codename | Penryn (2008−2011) | no data |
| Release date | 2 June 2009 (16 years ago) | 1 April 2021 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Pentium SU2700 and Xeon Gold 6338 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 | 1 (Single-Core) | 32 (Dotriaconta-Core) |
| Threads | 1 | 64 |
| Base clock speed | 1.3 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.3 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Bus rate | 800 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 64 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | no data |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 48 MB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 10 nm |
| Die size | 107 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 81 °C |
| Number of transistors | 410 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium SU2700 and Xeon Gold 6338 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 | 1 | no data |
| Socket | Intel BGA 956 | FCLGA4189 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | 205 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium SU2700 and Xeon Gold 6338. 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 | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Pentium SU2700 and Xeon Gold 6338 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® SPS |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium SU2700 and Xeon Gold 6338 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | - | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium SU2700 and Xeon Gold 6338. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4-3200 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 6 TB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 8 |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium SU2700 and Xeon Gold 6338.
| PCIe version | no data | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 64 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.14 | 22.82 |
| Recency | 2 June 2009 | 1 April 2021 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 32 |
| Threads | 1 | 64 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | 205 Watt |
Pentium SU2700 has 1950% lower power consumption.
Xeon Gold 6338, on the other hand, has a 16200% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, 3100% more physical cores and 6300% more threads, and a 350% more advanced lithography process.
The Intel Xeon Gold 6338 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium SU2700 in performance tests.
Be aware that Pentium SU2700 is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 6338 is a server/workstation one.
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