Xeon Gold 6138F vs E5-2696 V3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Xeon Gold 6138F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking536not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency9.03no data
Architecture codenameHaswell-EP (2014−2015)Skylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date8 September 2014 (10 years ago)11 July 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,767

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2696 V3 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 cores18 (Octadeca-Core)20 (Icosa-Core)
Threads3640
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz3.7 GHz
Multiplierno data20
L1 cache64K (per core)1.25 MB
L2 cache256K (per core)20 MB
L3 cache45 MB (shared)27.5 MB
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Die size356 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data87 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)77 °Cno data
Number of transistors2,600 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2696 V3 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 configuration24 (Multiprocessor)
Socket2011-3FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)145 Watt135 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Xeon Gold 6138F. 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++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Xeon Gold 6138F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Xeon Gold 6138F are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Xeon Gold 6138F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4 2133 MHz Quad-channelDDR4-2666
Maximum memory sizeno data768 GB
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidthno data128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2696 V3 and Xeon Gold 6138F.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4048

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 September 2014 11 July 2017
Physical cores 18 20
Threads 36 40
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 145 Watt 135 Watt

Xeon Gold 6138F has an age advantage of 2 years, 11.1% more physical cores and 11.1% more threads, a 57.1% more advanced lithography process, and 7.4% lower power consumption.

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