Xeon Gold 6238 vs E3-1270 v6
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 6238 outperforms Xeon E3-1270 v6 by a whopping 229% 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 | 1329 | 415 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.18 | 2.87 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | Intel Xeon E3 | Intel Xeon Gold |
| Power efficiency | 2.96 | 5.00 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Kaby Lake (2016−2019) | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) |
| Release date | 28 March 2017 (8 years ago) | 2 April 2019 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $328 | $2,612 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Xeon Gold 6238 has 143% better value for money than Xeon E3-1270 v6.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon E3-1270 v6 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 | 8 | 44 |
| Base clock speed | 3.8 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.2 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 3.0 | DMI 3.0 |
| Bus rate | 8 GT/s | 4 × 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | 38 | 21 |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | 1.375 MB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 22 MB |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 30.25 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 92 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E3-1270 v6 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 | FCLGA1151 | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 72 Watt | 140 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1270 v6 and Xeon Gold 6238. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | + | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | + |
| TSX | + | + |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Xeon E3-1270 v6 and Xeon Gold 6238 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| MPX | + | - |
| SGX | Yes with both Intel® SPS and Intel® ME | no data |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1270 v6 and Xeon Gold 6238 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1270 v6 and Xeon Gold 6238. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2400, DDR3L-1866 | 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 image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E3-1270 v6 and Xeon Gold 6238 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | N/A | no data |
| Max resolution over eDP | N/A | no data |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | N/A | no data |
| Max resolution over VGA | N/A | no data |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Xeon E3-1270 v6 and Xeon Gold 6238 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | N/A | no data |
| OpenGL | N/A | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1270 v6 and Xeon Gold 6238.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | 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.
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 | 5.04 | 16.57 |
| Recency | 28 March 2017 | 2 April 2019 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 22 |
| Threads | 8 | 44 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 72 Watt | 140 Watt |
Xeon E3-1270 v6 has 94.4% lower power consumption.
Xeon Gold 6238, on the other hand, has a 228.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and 450% more physical cores and 450% more threads.
The Intel Xeon Gold 6238 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Xeon E3-1270 v6 in performance tests.
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