Ultra 7 165H vs Xeon Gold 6438Y+

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6438Y+ and Core Ultra 7 165H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated389
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Meteor Lake-H
Architecture codenameSapphire Rapids (2023−2024)Meteor Lake-H (2023)
Release date10 January 2023 (1 year ago)14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,141$460

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6438Y+ and Core Ultra 7 165H 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 cores32 (Dotriaconta-Core)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads6422
Base clock speed2 GHz3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz5 GHz
L1 cache80K (per core)112 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache60 MB24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography10 nmIntel 4 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data110 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)85 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6438Y+ and Core Ultra 7 165H 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 configuration21
Socket4677FCBGA2049
Power consumption (TDP)205 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6438Y+ and Core Ultra 7 165H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX++
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
SIPP-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
Statusno dataLaunched
Deep Learning Boost-+
Supported AI Software Frameworks-OpenVINO™, WindowsML, ONNX RT

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6438Y+ and Core Ultra 7 165H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6438Y+ and Core Ultra 7 165H are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6438Y+ and Core Ultra 7 165H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-4800DDR5
Maximum memory sizeno data96 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® Arc™ graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data2.3 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon Gold 6438Y+ and Core Ultra 7 165H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon Gold 6438Y+ and Core Ultra 7 165H integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz (HDMI 2.1 TMDS) 7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz (HDMI2.1 FRL)
Max resolution over eDPno data3840x2400 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon Gold 6438Y+ and Core Ultra 7 165H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.2
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6438Y+ and Core Ultra 7 165H.

PCIe version5.05.0
PCI Express lanes808
PCI supportno data5.0 and 4.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 January 2023 14 December 2023
Physical cores 32 16
Threads 64 22
Power consumption (TDP) 205 Watt 28 Watt

Xeon Gold 6438Y+ has 100% more physical cores and 190.9% more threads.

Ultra 7 165H, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 months, and 632.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 6438Y+ and Core Ultra 7 165H. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Gold 6438Y+ is a server/workstation processor while Core Ultra 7 165H is a notebook one.


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