Xeon Gold 6338N vs Atom N470

Primary details

Comparing Atom N470 and Xeon Gold 6338N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	182
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Atom	no data
Power efficiency	no data	13.56
Architecture codename	Pineview (2009−2011)	Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	1 March 2010 (14 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$75	no data

Detailed specifications

Atom N470 and Xeon Gold 6338N 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	1 (Single-Core)	32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads	2	64
Base clock speed	1.83 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.83 GHz	3.5 GHz
Bus rate	533 MHz	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	48 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	10 nm
Die size	66 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	83 °C
Number of transistors	123 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Atom N470 and Xeon Gold 6338N 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	1	2
Socket	FCBGA559	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	6.5 Watt	185 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N470 and Xeon Gold 6338N. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	-	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Atom N470 and Xeon Gold 6338N technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom N470 and Xeon Gold 6338N are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N470 and Xeon Gold 6338N. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR2	DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size	2 GB	6 TB
Max memory channels	1	8
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel GMA 3150

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom N470 and Xeon Gold 6338N.

PCIe version	no data	4.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	64

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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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 March 2010	6 April 2021
Physical cores	1	32
Threads	2	64
Chip lithography	45 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	185 Watt

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