Xeon Gold 5415+ vs Gold 6438Y

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6438Y and Xeon Gold 5415+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated436
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data34.59
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiencyno data9.91
Architecture codenameno dataSapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date1 January 2023 (1 year ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,076

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6438Y and Xeon Gold 5415+ 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads6416
Base clock speed2 GHz2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz4.1 GHz
L1 cacheno data80K (per core)
L2 cacheno data2 MB (per core)
L3 cache60 MB22.5 MB
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature76 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data78 °C
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6438Y and Xeon Gold 5415+ 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
SocketFCLGA46774677
Power consumption (TDP)205 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6438Y and Xeon Gold 5415+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6438Y and Xeon Gold 5415+ technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB+no data
SGXYes with Intel® SPSno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6438Y and Xeon Gold 5415+ are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6438Y and Xeon Gold 5415+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-4800, DDR5-4400DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size4 TBno data
Max memory channels8no data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6438Y and Xeon Gold 5415+.

PCIe version55.0
PCI Express lanes8080

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 32 8
Threads 64 16
Power consumption (TDP) 205 Watt 150 Watt

Xeon Gold 6438Y has 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

Xeon Gold 5415+, on the other hand, has 36.7% lower power consumption.

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