Xeon Gold 6222 vs Gold 6138

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6138 and Xeon Gold 6222 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking458not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.49no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Power efficiency11.51no data
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)no data
Release date25 April 2017 (7 years ago)1 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,612no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6138 and Xeon Gold 6222 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 cores20 (Icosa-Core)20 (Icosa-Core)
Threads4040
Base clock speed2 GHz1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.6 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier20no data
L1 cache1.25 MBno data
L2 cache20 MBno data
L3 cache27.5 MB27.5 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature86 °C83 °C
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6138 and Xeon Gold 6222 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)no data
SocketFCLGA3647no data
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt115 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6138 and Xeon Gold 6222. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX+-
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0--
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6138 and Xeon Gold 6222 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 Gold 6222 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 Gold 6222. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size768 GB1 TB
Max memory channels66
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6138 and Xeon Gold 6222.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 April 2017 1 April 2019
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 115 Watt

Xeon Gold 6222 has an age advantage of 1 year, and 8.7% lower power consumption.

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