Xeon Phi 7230 vs Gold 6138

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6138 and Xeon Phi 7230 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking455not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.67no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Power efficiency11.57no data
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2019)Knights Landing (2016)
Release date25 April 2017 (7 years ago)20 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,612no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6138 and Xeon Phi 7230 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)64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)
Threads40256
Base clock speed2 GHz1.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz1.5 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier20no data
L1 cache1.25 MB32 KB (per core)
L2 cache20 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cache27.5 MB0 KB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature86 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data8,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6138 and Xeon Phi 7230 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
SocketFCLGA36473647
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt215 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6138 and Xeon Phi 7230. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6138 and Xeon Phi 7230 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6138 and Xeon Phi 7230 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6138 and Xeon Phi 7230. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4
Maximum memory size768 GBno data
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6138 and Xeon Phi 7230.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes48no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 April 2017 20 June 2016
Physical cores 20 64
Threads 40 256
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 215 Watt

Xeon Gold 6138 has an age advantage of 10 months, and 72% lower power consumption.

Xeon Phi 7230, on the other hand, has 220% more physical cores and 540% more threads.

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