Xeon Gold 6538Y vs Celeron N4000C

Primary details

Comparing Celeron N4000C and Xeon Gold 6538Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2543not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
Power efficiency13.93no data
Release date1 April 2019 (5 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron N4000C and Xeon Gold 6538Y 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 cores2 (Dual-core)32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads264
Base clock speed1.1 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz4 GHz
L3 cache4 MB60 MB
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature105 deg C79 °C
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N4000C and Xeon Gold 6538Y 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 configuration1no data
SocketFCBGA1090FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt225 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N4000C and Xeon Gold 6538Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
vPro-no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift-+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Celeron N4000C and Xeon Gold 6538Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
Identity Protection+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard++
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N4000C and Xeon Gold 6538Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N4000C and Xeon Gold 6538Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4/LPDDR4 up to 2400 MT/sDDR5-5200
Maximum memory size8 GB4 TB
Max memory channels28
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 600no data
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency650 MHzno data
Execution Units12no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N4000C and Xeon Gold 6538Y integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron N4000C and Xeon Gold 6538Y integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron N4000C and Xeon Gold 6538Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.4no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N4000C and Xeon Gold 6538Y.

PCIe version2.05.0
PCI Express lanes680
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports8no data
Integrated LAN-no data
UART+no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2019 1 October 2023
Physical cores 2 32
Threads 2 64
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 225 Watt

Celeron N4000C has 3650% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6538Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and 1500% more physical cores and 3100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Celeron N4000C and Xeon Gold 6538Y. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Celeron N4000C is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 6538Y is a server/workstation one.


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