Xeon D-1518 vs Gold 6138

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon Gold 6138
2017
20 cores / 40 threads, 125 Watt
13.50
+421%

Xeon Gold 6138 outperforms Xeon D-1518 by a whopping 421% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking5731865
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.070.52
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon GoldIntel Xeon D
Power efficiency4.583.14
DesignerIntelIntel
Manufacturerno dataIntel
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release date25 April 2017 (8 years ago)9 March 2015 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,612$193

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 6138 has 106% better value for money than Xeon D-1518.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6138 and Xeon D-1518 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 cores20 (Icosa-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads408
Base clock speed2 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz2.2 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0DMI 2.0
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier2022
L1 cache1.25 MB64K (per core)
L2 cache20 MB256K (per core)
L3 cache27.5 MB1.5 MB (per core)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data246.24 mm2
Maximum core temperature86 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data80 °C
Number of transistorsno data3,200 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6138 and Xeon D-1518 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 configuration4 (Multiprocessor)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCLGA3647FCBGA1667
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6138 and Xeon D-1518. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX-512Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
GPIOno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6138 and Xeon D-1518 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6138 and Xeon D-1518 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6138 and Xeon D-1518. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4, DDR3
Maximum memory size768 GB128 GB
Max memory channels62
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/s34.124 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6138 and Xeon D-1518.

PCIe version3.02.0/3.0
PCI Express lanes4824
USB revisionno data2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data6
Number of USB portsno data8
Integrated LANno data+
UARTno data+

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.

Xeon Gold 6138 13.50
+421%
Xeon D-1518 2.59

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.

Xeon Gold 6138 23810
+422%
Xeon D-1518 4562

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.

Xeon Gold 6138 1098
+126%
Xeon D-1518 486

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.

Xeon Gold 6138 8075
+262%
Xeon D-1518 2228

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 13.50 2.59
Recency 25 April 2017 9 March 2015
Physical cores 20 4
Threads 40 8
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 35 Watt

Xeon Gold 6138 has a 421.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and 400% more physical cores and 400% more threads.

Xeon D-1518, on the other hand, has 257.1% lower power consumption.

The Intel Xeon Gold 6138 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Xeon D-1518 in performance tests.

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