Intel Xeon Gold 6238 vs Gold 6212U

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General info

Comparing Xeon Gold 6212U and Xeon Gold 6238 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking294271
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money17.048.91
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon GoldIntel Xeon Gold
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date2 April 2019 (4 years old)2 April 2019 (4 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,000$2,612
Current price$1164 (0.6x MSRP)$2367 (0.9x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 6212U has 91% better value for money than Xeon Gold 6238.

Technical specs

Xeon Gold 6212U and Xeon Gold 6238 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 cores24 (Tetracosa-Core)22 (Docosa-Core)
Threads4844
Base clock speed2.4 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus support4 × 8 GT/s4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache1.5 MB1.375 MB
L2 cache24 MB22 MB
L3 cache35.75 MB30.25 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature90 °C92 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6212U and Xeon Gold 6238 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)4 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt140 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6212U and Xeon Gold 6238. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0--
StatusLaunchedLaunched

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6212U and Xeon Gold 6238 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6212U and Xeon Gold 6238 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6212U and Xeon Gold 6238. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size1 TB1 TB
Max memory channels66
Maximum memory bandwidth140.8 GB/s140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6212U and Xeon Gold 6238.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon Gold 6212U
17.84

Gold 6238 outperforms Gold 6212U by 4% in our combined benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Xeon Gold 6212U 27470
Xeon Gold 6238 28668
+4.4%

Gold 6238 outperforms Gold 6212U by 4% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 17.84 18.62
Physical cores 24 22
Threads 48 44
Cost $2000 $2612
Boost clock speed 2400 2100
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 140 Watt

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 6212U and Xeon Gold 6238. The differences in performance seem too small.


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