Xeon Gold 6338T vs E7-4870

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-4870 and Xeon Gold 6338T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E7no data
Architecture codenameWestmere-EX (2011)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date3 April 2011 (13 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$4,394no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-4870 and Xeon Gold 6338T 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 cores10 (Deca-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads2048
Base clock speed2.4 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate6.4 GT/sno data
Multiplier18no data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache30 MB (shared)36 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm10 nm
Die size513 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature69 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data87 °C
Number of transistors2,600 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-4870 and Xeon Gold 6338T 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 configuration4 (Multiprocessor)2
SocketLGA1567FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-4870 and Xeon Gold 6338T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology1.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Thermal Monitoring+-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E7-4870 and Xeon Gold 6338T technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E7-4870 and Xeon Gold 6338T are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E7-4870 and Xeon Gold 6338T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-800, DDR3-978, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, Speed-1066DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size2 TB6 TB
Max memory channels48
Maximum memory bandwidth34.113 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/Ano data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7-4870 and Xeon Gold 6338T.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data64

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 April 2011 6 April 2021
Physical cores 10 24
Threads 20 48
Chip lithography 32 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 165 Watt

Xeon E7-4870 has 26.9% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6338T, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, 140% more physical cores and 140% more threads, and a 220% more advanced lithography process.

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