Xeon E7-4870 vs Gold 6138

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6138 and Xeon E7-4870 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	454	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.60	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	Intel Xeon E7
Power efficiency	11.57	no data
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	Westmere (2010−2011)
Release date	25 April 2017 (7 years ago)	5 April 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,612	$4,394

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6138 and Xeon E7-4870 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	20 (Icosa-Core)	10 (Deca-Core)
Threads	40	20
Base clock speed	2 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	2.8 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	QPI
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	6.4 GT/s
Multiplier	20	18
L1 cache	1.25 MB	640 KB
L2 cache	20 MB	2.56 MB
L3 cache	27.5 MB	30 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Die size	no data	513 mm2
Maximum core temperature	86 °C	69 °C
Number of transistors	no data	2600 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6138 and Xeon E7-4870 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	4 (Multiprocessor)	4 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA3647	LGA1567
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6138 and Xeon E7-4870. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX-512	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	1.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	-
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6138 and Xeon E7-4870 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6138 and Xeon E7-4870 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6138 and Xeon E7-4870. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR3-800, DDR3-978, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, Speed-1066
Maximum memory size	768 GB	2 TB
Max memory channels	6	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	128.001 GB/s	34.113 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6138 and Xeon E7-4870.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	48	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	25 April 2017	5 April 2011
Physical cores	20	10
Threads	40	20
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	130 Watt

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