Xeon Gold 6138P vs E5-2699 v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2699 v3 and Xeon Gold 6138P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking588not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency8.37no data
Architecture codenameHaswell-EP (2014−2015)Skylake (server) (2017−2019)
Release date8 September 2014 (10 years ago)16 May 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$4,937

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2699 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 cores18 (Octadeca-Core)20 (Icosa-Core)
Threads3640
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rate9.6 GT/s4 × 8 GT/s
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 case temperature (TCase)77 °Cno data
Number of transistors2,600 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2699 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 configuration22 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA2011FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)145 Watt195 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2699 v3 and Xeon Gold 6138P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2Intel® 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-

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2699 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 E5-2699 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 E5-2699 v3 and Xeon Gold 6138P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size768 GB768 GB
Max memory channels46
Maximum memory bandwidth68 GB/s128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2699 v3 and Xeon Gold 6138P.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4048

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 September 2014 16 May 2018
Physical cores 18 20
Threads 36 40
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 145 Watt 195 Watt

Xeon E5-2699 v3 has 34.5% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6138P, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, 11.1% more physical cores and 11.1% more threads, and a 57.1% more advanced lithography process.

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