Xeon Gold 6338N vs Core 2 Duo U7600

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo U7600 and Xeon Gold 6338N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated182
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesIntel Core 2 Duono data
Power efficiencyno data13.55
Architecture codenameMerom-2048 (2006−2008)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date27 July 2006 (18 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo U7600 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 cores2 (Dual-core)32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads264
Base clock speed1.2 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed1.2 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus rate533 MHzno data
L1 cache64 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB48 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm10 nm
Die size143 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data83 °C
Number of transistors291 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range0.8V-0.975Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo U7600 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 configuration12
SocketPBGA479FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt185 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo U7600 and Xeon Gold 6338N. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo U7600 and Xeon Gold 6338N technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo U7600 and Xeon Gold 6338N are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo U7600 and Xeon Gold 6338N. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-2667
Maximum memory sizeno data6 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo U7600 and Xeon Gold 6338N.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data64

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Core 2 Duo U7600 347
Xeon Gold 6338N 42086
+12029%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 July 2006 6 April 2021
Physical cores 2 32
Threads 2 64
Chip lithography 65 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 185 Watt

Core 2 Duo U7600 has 1750% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6338N, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, 1500% more physical cores and 3100% more threads, and a 550% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo U7600 and Xeon Gold 6338N. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Core 2 Duo U7600 is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 6338N is a server/workstation one.


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