Xeon Gold 6238R vs E5-2697A v4

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5-2697A v4
2016
16 cores / 32 threads, 145 Watt
13.62
Xeon Gold 6238R
2020
28 cores / 56 threads, 165 Watt
23.61
+73.3%

Xeon Gold 6238R outperforms Xeon E5-2697A v4 by an impressive 73% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2697A v4 and Xeon Gold 6238R processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking549221
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.7118.83
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E5Intel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency8.8913.54
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date20 June 2016 (8 years ago)24 February 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,891$2,612

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 6238R has 595% better value for money than Xeon E5-2697A v4.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2697A v4 and Xeon Gold 6238R 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads3256
Base clock speed2.6 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeQPIDMI 3.0
Bus rate2 × 9.6 GT/s4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier2622
L1 cacheno data1.75 MB
L2 cache4 MB28 MB
L3 cache40 MB38.5 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size456.12 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature78 °C89 °C
Number of transistors7200 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2697A v4 and Xeon Gold 6238R 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 configuration2 (Multiprocessor)no data
SocketFCLGA2011FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)145 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2697A v4 and Xeon Gold 6238R. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2697A v4 and Xeon Gold 6238R 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 E5-2697A v4 and Xeon Gold 6238R are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2697A v4 and Xeon Gold 6238R. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size1.5 TB1 TB
Max memory channels46
Maximum memory bandwidth76.8 GB/s140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2697A v4 and Xeon Gold 6238R.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4048

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon E5-2697A v4 13.62
Xeon Gold 6238R 23.61
+73.3%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon E5-2697A v4 21633
Xeon Gold 6238R 37511
+73.4%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 13.62 23.61
Recency 20 June 2016 24 February 2020
Physical cores 16 28
Threads 32 56
Power consumption (TDP) 145 Watt 165 Watt

Xeon E5-2697A v4 has 13.8% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6238R, on the other hand, has a 73.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and 75% more physical cores and 75% more threads.

The Xeon Gold 6238R is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E5-2697A v4 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5-2697A v4 and Xeon Gold 6238R, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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