Xeon Gold 6238 vs Ryzen 3 3300U
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 6238 outperforms Ryzen 3 3300U by a whopping 413% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1751 | 444 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 2.67 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | AMD Ryzen 3 | Intel Xeon Gold |
| Power efficiency | 9.12 | 5.01 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | GlobalFoundries | no data |
| Architecture codename | Picasso (2019−2022) | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) |
| Release date | 6 January 2019 (6 years ago) | 2 April 2019 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $2,612 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 3 3300U and Xeon Gold 6238 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 22 (Docosa-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 44 |
| Base clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Bus type | PCIe 3.0 | DMI 3.0 |
| Bus rate | no data | 4 × 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | 21 | 21 |
| L1 cache | 128K (per core) | 1.375 MB |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 22 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 30.25 MB |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 246 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 92 °C |
| Number of transistors | 4940 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 3 3300U and Xeon Gold 6238 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 (Uniprocessor) | 4 (Multiprocessor) |
| Socket | FP5 | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 140 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 3300U and Xeon Gold 6238. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT | 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 | - | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Ryzen 3 3300U and Xeon Gold 6238 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 Ryzen 3 3300U and Xeon Gold 6238 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 3300U and Xeon Gold 6238. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 Dual-channel | DDR4-2933 |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | 1 TB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 6 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 38.397 GB/s | 140.8 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz) | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 3300U and Xeon Gold 6238.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | 48 |
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 | 3.22 | 16.51 |
| Recency | 6 January 2019 | 2 April 2019 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 22 |
| Threads | 4 | 44 |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 140 Watt |
Ryzen 3 3300U has a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 833.3% lower power consumption.
Xeon Gold 6238, on the other hand, has a 412.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 months, and 450% more physical cores and 1000% more threads.
The Intel Xeon Gold 6238 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Ryzen 3 3300U in performance tests.
Be aware that Ryzen 3 3300U is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 6238 is a server/workstation one.
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