Xeon Gold 6238L vs Ryzen 5 3600X

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3600X and Xeon Gold 6238L processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking690not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation18.85no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5Intel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency11.41no data
Architecture codenameMatisse (2019−2020)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date27 May 2019 (5 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$249$10,510

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3600X and Xeon Gold 6238L 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)22 (Docosa-Core)
Threads1244
Base clock speed3.8 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data21
L1 cache384 KB1.375 MB
L2 cache3 MB22 MB
L3 cache32 MB (shared)30.25 MB
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data92 °C
Number of transistors4,800 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3600X and Xeon Gold 6238L 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)4 (Multiprocessor)
SocketAM4FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt140 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3600X and Xeon Gold 6238L. 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++
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-
Precision Boost 2+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 3600X and Xeon Gold 6238L technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3600X and Xeon Gold 6238L 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 Ryzen 5 3600X and Xeon Gold 6238L. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4-2933
Maximum memory size128 GB4.5 TB
Max memory channels26
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/s140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3600X and Xeon Gold 6238L.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 May 2019 2 April 2019
Physical cores 6 22
Threads 12 44
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 140 Watt

Ryzen 5 3600X has an age advantage of 1 month, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 47.4% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6238L, on the other hand, has 266.7% more physical cores and 266.7% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 3600X and Xeon Gold 6238L. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 5 3600X is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 6238L is a server/workstation one.


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