Xeon Gold 6538N vs Gold 6348H

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6348H and Xeon Gold 6538N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated165
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data21.85
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiencyno data13.05
Architecture codenameCooper Lake-SP (2021)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date6 April 2021 (3 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$3,351

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6348H and Xeon Gold 6538N 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)32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads4864
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz4.1 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache33 MB (shared)60 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data2x 763 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data85 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6348H and Xeon Gold 6538N 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 configuration42
SocketFCLGA4189FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6348H and Xeon Gold 6538N. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6348H and Xeon Gold 6538N technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6348H and Xeon Gold 6538N are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6348H and Xeon Gold 6538N. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 RDIMMDDR5-5200
Maximum memory size1.12 TB4 TB
Max memory channels68
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 6348H and Xeon Gold 6538N.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes4880

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 April 2021 14 December 2023
Physical cores 24 32
Threads 48 64
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 205 Watt

Xeon Gold 6348H has 24.2% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6538N, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads.

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