Xeon Gold 6238L vs Platinum 8176

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8176 and Xeon Gold 6238L processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking490not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.22no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon PlatinumIntel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency8.36no data
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date25 April 2017 (7 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$8,719$10,510

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8176 and Xeon Gold 6238L 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)22 (Docosa-Core)
Threads5644
Base clock speed2.1 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier2121
L1 cache1.75 MB1.375 MB
L2 cache28 MB22 MB
L3 cache38.5 MB30.25 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature89 °C92 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8176 and Xeon Gold 6238L 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 configuration8 (Multiprocessor)4 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt140 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8176 and Xeon Gold 6238L. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0--
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8176 and Xeon Gold 6238L technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8176 and Xeon Gold 6238L are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8176 and Xeon Gold 6238L. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size768 GB4.5 TB
Max memory channels66
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/s140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8176 and Xeon Gold 6238L.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 April 2017 2 April 2019
Physical cores 28 22
Threads 56 44
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 140 Watt

Xeon Platinum 8176 has 27.3% more physical cores and 27.3% more threads.

Xeon Gold 6238L, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 17.9% lower power consumption.

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