Xeon Gold 6538Y vs Pentium 957

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium 957 and Xeon Gold 6538Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3019not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesIntel Pentiumno data
Power efficiency2.17no data
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)no data
Release date19 June 2011 (13 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$134no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium 957 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 speed1.2 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed1.2 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeDMI 2.0no data
Bus rate4 × 5 GT/sno data
Multiplier12no data
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache256K (per core)no data
L3 cache2 MB (shared)60 MB
Chip lithography32 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size131 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °C79 °C
Number of transistors504 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 957 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketFCBGA1023FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)17 Watt225 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 957 and Xeon Gold 6538Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
FMA+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shiftno data+
My WiFi-no data
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Pentium 957 and Xeon Gold 6538Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 957 and Xeon Gold 6538Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 957 and Xeon Gold 6538Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5-5200
Maximum memory size8.01 GB4 TB
Max memory channels28
Maximum memory bandwidth21.335 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) (350 - 800 MHz)no data
Graphics max frequency800 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 957 and Xeon Gold 6538Y integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
SDVO+no data
CRT+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 957 and Xeon Gold 6538Y.

PCIe version2.05.0
PCI Express lanes1680

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 June 2011 1 October 2023
Physical cores 2 32
Threads 2 64
Power consumption (TDP) 17 Watt 225 Watt

Pentium 957 has 1223.5% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6538Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 12 years, and 1500% more physical cores and 3100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Pentium 957 and Xeon Gold 6538Y. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pentium 957 is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 6538Y is a server/workstation one.


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