Xeon Gold 6138P vs E5-2660 v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Xeon Gold 6138P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	907	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	no data	Intel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency	7.44	no data
Architecture codename	Haswell-EP (2014−2015)	Skylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date	8 September 2014 (10 years ago)	16 May 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$4,937

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Xeon Gold 6138P 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	10 (Deca-Core)	20 (Icosa-Core)
Threads	20	40
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.3 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	9.6 GT/s	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	20
L1 cache	64K (per core)	1.25 MB
L2 cache	256K (per core)	20 MB
L3 cache	25 MB (shared)	27.5 MB
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Die size	356 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	79 °C	no data
Number of transistors	2,600 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Xeon Gold 6138P 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	2	2 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA2011	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	195 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Xeon Gold 6138P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Xeon Gold 6138P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Xeon Gold 6138P are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Xeon Gold 6138P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size	768 GB	768 GB
Max memory channels	4	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	68 GB/s	128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Xeon Gold 6138P.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	40	48

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	8 September 2014	16 May 2018
Physical cores	10	20
Threads	20	40
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	195 Watt

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