Xeon Gold 6538Y vs Phenom II X2 X620 BE

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Xeon Gold 6526Y Xeon Gold 6530 Xeon Gold 6534 Xeon Gold 6538N Xeon Gold 6538Y Xeon Gold 6542Y Xeon Gold 6544Y Xeon Gold 6548N Xeon Gold 6548Y Xeon Gold 6548Y+ Xeon Gold 6554S Xeon Gold 6558Q

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Phenom II X2 X620 BE Phenom II X2 X620 BE
Xeon Gold 6538Y Xeon Gold 6538Y

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X2 X620 BE and Xeon Gold 6538Y 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
Series2x AMD Phenom IIno data
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)no data
Release date12 May 2010 (14 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X2 X620 BE 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 speedno data2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.1 GHz4 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
L2 cache2 MBno data
L3 cacheno data60 MB
Chip lithography45 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data79 °C
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X2 X620 BE 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.

SocketS1FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt225 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X2 X620 BE and Xeon Gold 6538Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Phenom II X2 X620 BE and Xeon Gold 6538Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X2 X620 BE and Xeon Gold 6538Y are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X2 X620 BE and Xeon Gold 6538Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-5200
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X2 X620 BE and Xeon Gold 6538Y.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary

Recency 12 May 2010 1 October 2023
Physical cores 2 32
Threads 2 64
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 225 Watt

Phenom II X2 X620 BE has 400% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6538Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, and 1500% more physical cores and 3100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Phenom II X2 X620 BE and Xeon Gold 6538Y. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Phenom II X2 X620 BE is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 6538Y is a server/workstation one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Phenom II X2 X620 BE and Xeon Gold 6538Y, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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