Xeon Gold 6138P vs EPYC 7301

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Primary details

Comparing EPYC 7301 and Xeon Gold 6138P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking800not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.14no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesAMD EPYCIntel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency5.26no data
Architecture codenameNaples (2017−2018)Skylake (server) (2017−2019)
Release date29 June 2017 (7 years ago)16 May 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$825$4,937

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

EPYC 7301 and Xeon Gold 6138P 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)20 (Icosa-Core)
Threads3240
Base clock speed2.2 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier2220
L1 cache96K (per core)1.25 MB
L2 cache512K (per core)20 MB
L3 cache64 MB (shared)27.5 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size192 mm2no data
Number of transistors4,800 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 7301 and Xeon Gold 6138P 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 configuration2 (Multiprocessor)2 (Multiprocessor)
SocketTR4FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)170 Watt195 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 7301 and Xeon Gold 6138P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

EPYC 7301 and Xeon Gold 6138P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 7301 and Xeon Gold 6138P are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by EPYC 7301 and Xeon Gold 6138P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Eight-channelDDR4-2666
Maximum memory size2 TiB768 GB
Max memory channels86
Maximum memory bandwidth170.671 GB/s128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 7301 and Xeon Gold 6138P.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes12848

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 June 2017 16 May 2018
Physical cores 16 20
Threads 32 40
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 195 Watt

EPYC 7301 has 14.7% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6138P, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 months, and 25% more physical cores and 25% more threads.

We couldn't decide between EPYC 7301 and Xeon Gold 6138P. We've got no test results to judge.


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