Core 2 Duo T7600 vs Xeon Gold 6138
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 6138 outperforms Core 2 Duo T7600 by a whopping 2931% 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 | 609 | 3175 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.10 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Xeon Gold | Intel Core 2 Duo |
| Power efficiency | 11.70 | no data |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Skylake (server) (2017−2018) | Merom (2006−2008) |
| Release date | 25 April 2017 (8 years ago) | 28 August 2006 (19 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $2,612 | $619 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Xeon Gold 6138 and Core 2 Duo T7600 have a nearly equal value for money.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon Gold 6138 and Core 2 Duo T7600 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 | 20 (Icosa-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 40 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 2 GHz | 2.33 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.7 GHz | 2.33 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 3.0 | no data |
| Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | 667 MHz |
| Multiplier | 20 | no data |
| L1 cache | 1.25 MB | 64 KB |
| L2 cache | 20 MB | 4 MB |
| L3 cache | 27.5 MB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 65 nm |
| Die size | no data | 143 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 86 °C | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 291 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
| VID voltage range | no data | 1.0375V-1.3V |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Gold 6138 and Core 2 Duo T7600 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 | 4 (Multiprocessor) | 1 |
| Socket | FCLGA3647 | PBGA479,PPGA478 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 125 Watt | 34 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6138 and Core 2 Duo T7600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AVX-512 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| vPro | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Speed Shift | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | - |
| TSX | + | - |
| Idle States | no data | - |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | - |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - | no data |
| FSB parity | no data | - |
Security technologies
Xeon Gold 6138 and Core 2 Duo T7600 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | - |
| EDB | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6138 and Core 2 Duo T7600 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6138 and Core 2 Duo T7600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2666 | no data |
| Maximum memory size | 768 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 6 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 128.001 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6138 and Core 2 Duo T7600.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | no data |
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.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 13.64 | 0.45 |
| Recency | 25 April 2017 | 28 August 2006 |
| Physical cores | 20 | 2 |
| Threads | 40 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 125 Watt | 34 Watt |
Xeon Gold 6138 has a 2931.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, 900% more physical cores and 1900% more threads, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.
Core 2 Duo T7600, on the other hand, has 267.6% lower power consumption.
The Intel Xeon Gold 6138 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Core 2 Duo T7600 in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon Gold 6138 is a server/workstation processor while Core 2 Duo T7600 is a notebook one.
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