Xeon W-2265 vs Gold 6138T

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	730	521
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.75	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	no data
Power efficiency	3.92	3.74
Designer	Intel	Intel
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2018)	no data
Release date	25 April 2017 (8 years ago)	1 October 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,742	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6138T and Xeon W-2265 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)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	40	24
Base clock speed	2 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	4.8 GHz
Bus rate	no data	8 GT/s
Multiplier	20	no data
L1 cache	1.25 MB	no data
L2 cache	20 MB	no data
L3 cache	27.5 MB	19.25 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	94 °C	61 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6138T and Xeon W-2265 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	FCLGA2066
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6138T and Xeon W-2265. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Demand Based Switching	no data	+
PAE	no data	46 Bit
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	+
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6138T and Xeon W-2265 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
MPX	-	+
Identity Protection	-	+
SGX	no data	-
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6138T and Xeon W-2265 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6138T and Xeon W-2265. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	768 GB	1 TB
Max memory channels	6	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	128.001 GB/s	93.85 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6138T and Xeon W-2265.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	48

Synthetic benchmarks

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	11.60	14.61
Recency	25 April 2017	1 October 2019
Physical cores	20	12
Threads	40	24
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	165 Watt

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