Intel Xeon Gold 6238 vs Platinum 8268

General info

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8268 and Xeon Gold 6238 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	198	278
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	8.46	8.90
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Platinum	Intel Xeon Gold
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake-SP (2019)	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years old)	2 April 2019 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$6,302	$2,612
Current price	$3092 (0.5x MSRP)	$2367 (0.9x MSRP)

Xeon Gold 6238 has 5% better value for money than Xeon Platinum 8268.

Technical specs

Xeon Platinum 8268 and Xeon Gold 6238 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 cores	24 (Tetracosa-Core)	22 (Docosa-Core)
Threads	48	44
Base clock speed	2.9 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.9 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus support	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache	1.5 MB	1.375 MB
L2 cache	24 MB	22 MB
L3 cache	35.75 MB (shared)	30.25 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	84 °C	92 °C
Number of transistors	8,000 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8268 and Xeon Gold 6238 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 configuration	8 (Multiprocessor)	4 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA3647	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	205 Watt	140 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8268 and Xeon Gold 6238. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	-
Status	Launched	Launched

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8268 and Xeon Gold 6238 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8268 and Xeon Gold 6238 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8268 and Xeon Gold 6238. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	1 TB	1 TB
Max memory channels	6	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	140.8 GB/s	140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8268 and Xeon Gold 6238.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	48

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Platinum 8268 outperforms Gold 6238 by 20% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	22.51	18.72
Physical cores	24	22
Threads	48	44
Cost	$6302	$2612
Power consumption (TDP)	205 Watt	140 Watt

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