EPYC 9355 vs Xeon Gold 6238R

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6238R and EPYC 9355 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking220not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation18.82no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Power efficiency13.53no data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Turin (2024)
Release date24 February 2020 (4 years ago)10 October 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,612$3,694

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6238R and EPYC 9355 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 cores28 (Octacosa-Core)32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads5664
Base clock speed2.2 GHz3.55 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz4.4 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier22no data
L1 cache1.75 MB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache28 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache38.5 MB256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm4 nm
Die sizeno data8x 70.6 mm2
Maximum core temperature89 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data66,520 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6238R and EPYC 9355 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 configurationno data2
SocketFCLGA3647SP5
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt280 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6238R and EPYC 9355. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Precision Boost 2no data+
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6238R and EPYC 9355 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6238R and EPYC 9355 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6238R and EPYC 9355. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR5
Maximum memory size1 TBno data
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth140.8 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6238R and EPYC 9355.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes48128

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 February 2020 10 October 2024
Physical cores 28 32
Threads 56 64
Chip lithography 14 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 280 Watt

Xeon Gold 6238R has 69.7% lower power consumption.

EPYC 9355, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, 14.3% more physical cores and 14.3% more threads, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

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