Xeon Gold 6138F vs Ryzen 5 1500X

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 1500X and Xeon Gold 6138F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1123	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.99	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Server
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	Intel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency	8.34	no data
Architecture codename	Zen (2017−2020)	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)
Release date	16 March 2017 (7 years ago)	11 July 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$189	$2,767

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 1500X and Xeon Gold 6138F 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	20 (Icosa-Core)
Threads	8	40
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	35	20
L1 cache	384 KB	1.25 MB
L2 cache	2 MB	20 MB
L3 cache	16 MB (shared)	27.5 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	213 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	87 °C
Number of transistors	4800 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 1500X and Xeon Gold 6138F 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	4 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	AM4	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	135 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and Xeon Gold 6138F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
TSX	-	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 1500X and Xeon Gold 6138F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and Xeon Gold 6138F are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and Xeon Gold 6138F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size	64 GB	768 GB
Max memory channels	2	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and Xeon Gold 6138F.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	20	48

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	16 March 2017	11 July 2017
Physical cores	4	20
Threads	8	40
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	135 Watt

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