Ultra 5 238V vs Xeon Gold 6258R

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6258R and Core Ultra 5 238V processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking189not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation14.35no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Power efficiency11.70no data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Lunar Lake (2024)
Release date24 February 2020 (4 years ago)24 September 2024 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,950no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6258R and Core Ultra 5 238V 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads568
Base clock speed2.7 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz4.7 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier27no data
L1 cache1.75 MB192 KB (per core)
L2 cache28 MB2.5 MB (per core)
L3 cache38.5 MB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm3 nm
Maximum core temperature74 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6258R and Core Ultra 5 238V 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 data1
SocketFCLGA3647Intel BGA 2833
Power consumption (TDP)205 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6258R and Core Ultra 5 238V. 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)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6258R and Core Ultra 5 238V 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 6258R and Core Ultra 5 238V are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6258R and Core Ultra 5 238V. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933no data
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 dataArc 130V

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6258R and Core Ultra 5 238V.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes484

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 February 2020 24 September 2024
Physical cores 28 8
Threads 56 8
Chip lithography 14 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 205 Watt 17 Watt

Xeon Gold 6258R has 250% more physical cores and 600% more threads.

Ultra 5 238V, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 366.7% more advanced lithography process, and 1105.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 6258R and Core Ultra 5 238V. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Gold 6258R is a server/workstation processor while Core Ultra 5 238V is a notebook one.


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