Xeon Gold 6538Y vs E3-1505L v6

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1505L v6 and Xeon Gold 6538Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1451not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.83no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E3no data
Power efficiency14.52no data
Architecture codenameKaby Lake (2016−2019)no data
Release date3 January 2017 (7 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$433no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1505L v6 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads864
Base clock speedno data2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate8 GT/sno data
Multiplier22no data
L1 cache256 KBno data
L2 cache1 MBno data
L3 cache8 MB60 MB
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data79 °C
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1505L v6 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
Socketno dataFCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt225 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1505L v6 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++
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX++
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1505L v6 and Xeon Gold 6538Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1505L v6 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 Xeon E3-1505L v6 and Xeon Gold 6538Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3L-1600DDR5-5200
Maximum memory size64 GB4 TB
Max memory channels28
Maximum memory bandwidth34.134 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics P630no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1505L v6 and Xeon Gold 6538Y.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes1680

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 January 2017 1 October 2023
Physical cores 4 32
Threads 8 64
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 225 Watt

Xeon E3-1505L v6 has 800% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6538Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, and 700% more physical cores and 700% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E3-1505L v6 and Xeon Gold 6538Y. We've got no test results to judge.


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