Xeon Gold 6438M vs Silver 4216

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4216 and Xeon Gold 6438M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	578	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	17.41	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Silver	no data
Power efficiency	12.28	no data
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,002	$3,273

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4216 and Xeon Gold 6438M 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	16 (Hexadeca-Core)	32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads	32	64
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	3.9 GHz
Multiplier	21	no data
L1 cache	1 MB	80K (per core)
L2 cache	16 MB	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	22 MB	60 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	Intel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature	79 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	85 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4216 and Xeon Gold 6438M 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	2 (Multiprocessor)	2
Socket	FCLGA3647	FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4216 and Xeon Gold 6438M. 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® AMX, 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	-	no data
Deep Learning Boost	+	+

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4216 and Xeon Gold 6438M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4216 and Xeon Gold 6438M are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4216 and Xeon Gold 6438M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size	1 TB	4 TB
Max memory channels	6	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	115.212 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4216 and Xeon Gold 6438M.

PCIe version	3.0	5
PCI Express lanes	48	80

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 April 2019	10 January 2023
Physical cores	16	32
Threads	32	64
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	205 Watt

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