Xeon Gold 6338T vs i3-7100E

Primary details

Comparing Core i3-7100E and Xeon Gold 6338T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesIntel Core i3no data
Architecture codenameKaby Lake (2016−2019)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date3 January 2017 (7 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$225no data

Detailed specifications

Core i3-7100E and Xeon Gold 6338T 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)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads448
Base clock speedno data2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.9 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate8 GT/sno data
Multiplier29no data
L1 cache128 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache3 MB36 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data87 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Core i3-7100E and Xeon Gold 6338T 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)2
Socketno dataFCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i3-7100E and Xeon Gold 6338T. 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 Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Core i3-7100E and Xeon Gold 6338T technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i3-7100E and Xeon Gold 6338T are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i3-7100E and Xeon Gold 6338T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3L-1600DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size64 GB6 TB
Max memory channels28
Maximum memory bandwidth34.134 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics 630no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i3-7100E and Xeon Gold 6338T.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes1664

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 January 2017 6 April 2021
Physical cores 2 24
Threads 4 48
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 165 Watt

i3-7100E has 371.4% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6338T, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, 1100% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Core i3-7100E and Xeon Gold 6338T. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Core i3-7100E is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 6338T is a server/workstation one.


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