Ultra 7 165U vs Xeon Gold 6138P

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6138P and Core Ultra 7 165U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated700
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon GoldIntel Meteor Lake-U
Power efficiencyno data69.72
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Meteor Lake-P (2023)
Release date16 May 2018 (6 years ago)14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$4,937$448

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6138P and Core Ultra 7 165U 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)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads4014
Base clock speed2 GHz1.7 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz4.9 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier20no data
L1 cache1.25 MB112 KB (per core)
L2 cache20 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache27.5 MB12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 4 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data110 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6138P and Core Ultra 7 165U 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 configuration2 (Multiprocessor)1
SocketFCLGA3647FCBGA2049
Power consumption (TDP)195 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6138P and Core Ultra 7 165U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
SIPP-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0--
Deep Learning Boost-+
Supported AI Software Frameworks-OpenVINO™, WindowsML, ONNX RT

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6138P and Core Ultra 7 165U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6138P and Core Ultra 7 165U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6138P and Core Ultra 7 165U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR5
Maximum memory size768 GB96 GB
Max memory channels62
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data2 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon Gold 6138P and Core Ultra 7 165U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon Gold 6138P and Core Ultra 7 165U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz (HDMI 2.1 TMDS) 7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz (HDMI2.1 FRL)
Max resolution over eDPno data3840x2400 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon Gold 6138P and Core Ultra 7 165U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.2
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6138P and Core Ultra 7 165U.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes4812
PCI supportno data4.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 May 2018 14 December 2023
Physical cores 20 12
Threads 40 14
Power consumption (TDP) 195 Watt 15 Watt

Xeon Gold 6138P has 66.7% more physical cores and 185.7% more threads.

Ultra 7 165U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, and 1200% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 6138P and Core Ultra 7 165U. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Gold 6138P is a server/workstation processor while Core Ultra 7 165U is a notebook one.


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