Xeon Gold 6538Y vs E7-2860

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-2860 and Xeon Gold 6538Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E7	no data
Architecture codename	Westmere-EX (2011)	no data
Release date	3 April 2011 (13 years ago)	1 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,670	no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-2860 and Xeon Gold 6538Y 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	10 (Deca-Core)	32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads	20	64
Base clock speed	2.26 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.67 GHz	4 GHz
Bus type	QPI	no data
Bus rate	6.4 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	17	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	no data
L3 cache	24 MB (shared)	60 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	513 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	79 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	69 °C	no data
Number of transistors	2,600 million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-2860 and Xeon Gold 6538Y 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 (Multiprocessor)	no data
Socket	LGA1567	FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	225 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-2860 and Xeon Gold 6538Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	-	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Xeon E7-2860 and Xeon Gold 6538Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E7-2860 and Xeon Gold 6538Y are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E7-2860 and Xeon Gold 6538Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-800, DDR3-978, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, Speed-1066	DDR5-5200
Maximum memory size	1 TB	4 TB
Max memory channels	4	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.113 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7-2860 and Xeon Gold 6538Y.

PCIe version	no data	5.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	80

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 April 2011	1 October 2023
Physical cores	10	32
Threads	20	64
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	225 Watt

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