Xeon Gold 6238R vs Sempron 3500+

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Aggregate performance score

Sempron 3500+
2005
1 core / 1 thread, 62 Watt
0.13
Xeon Gold 6238R
2020
28 cores / 56 threads, 165 Watt
19.78
+15115%

Xeon Gold 6238R outperforms Sempron 3500+ by a whopping 15115% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3554322
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data4.58
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency0.095.06
DesignerAMDIntel
Architecture codenamePalermo (2001−2005)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date1 October 2005 (19 years ago)24 February 2020 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$167$2,612

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Sempron 3500+ and Xeon Gold 6238R have a nearly equal value for money.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Sempron 3500+ 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 cores1 (Single-Core)28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads156
Base clock speedno data2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data22
L1 cache128 KB1.75 MB
L2 cache256 KB28 MB
L3 cache0 KB38.5 MB
Chip lithography90 nm14 nm
Die size103 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data89 °C
Number of transistors63 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Sempron 3500+ 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 configuration1no data
Socket939FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)62 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Sempron 3500+ and Xeon Gold 6238R. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Sempron 3500+ and Xeon Gold 6238R technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Sempron 3500+ and Xeon Gold 6238R are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Sempron 3500+ and Xeon Gold 6238R. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1DDR4-2933
Maximum memory sizeno data1 TB
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidthno data140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Sempron 3500+ and Xeon Gold 6238R.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

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.

Sempron 3500+ 0.13
Xeon Gold 6238R 19.78
+15115%

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.

Sempron 3500+ Samples: 10 232
Xeon Gold 6238R Samples: 3 34751
+14879%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.13 19.78
Recency 1 October 2005 24 February 2020
Physical cores 1 28
Threads 1 56
Chip lithography 90 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 62 Watt 165 Watt

Sempron 3500+ has 166.1% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6238R, on the other hand, has a 15115.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 14 years, 2700% more physical cores and 5500% more threads, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

The Intel Xeon Gold 6238R is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Sempron 3500+ in performance tests.

Note that Sempron 3500+ is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 6238R is a server/workstation one.

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