Xeon Gold 6238 vs Opteron X2150

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Primary details

Comparing Opteron X2150 and Xeon Gold 6238 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated333
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data10.80
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Gold
Power efficiencyno data12.20
Architecture codenameKyoto (2013)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date29 May 2013 (11 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,612

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Opteron X2150 and Xeon Gold 6238 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)22 (Docosa-Core)
Threads444
Base clock speedno data2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed1.9 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data21
L1 cache64 KB (per core)1.375 MB
L2 cache2 MB (shared)22 MB
L3 cache0 KB30.25 MB
Chip lithography28 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data92 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Opteron X2150 and Xeon Gold 6238 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 configuration14 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFT3FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)22 Watt140 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron X2150 and Xeon Gold 6238. 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++
FMA+-
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-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Opteron X2150 and Xeon Gold 6238 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Opteron X2150 and Xeon Gold 6238 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 Opteron X2150 and Xeon Gold 6238. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-2933
Maximum memory sizeno data1 TB
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidthno data140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardHD 8400no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Opteron X2150 and Xeon Gold 6238.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 May 2013 2 April 2019
Physical cores 4 22
Threads 4 44
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 22 Watt 140 Watt

Opteron X2150 has 536.4% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6238, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, 450% more physical cores and 1000% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

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